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Weight gain is not listed as an atorvastatin side effect. Yet one study makes the question legitimate, and it is not rea...
Three large trials compared complaints on a cholesterol-lowering drug with complaints on a placebo. The outcome changes...
Rosuvastatin is the strongest of the widely used statins. What users report, why 5 mg is not a low dose, and which blood...
Pravastatin is the mildest of the commonly used statins. Which side effects get reported, why this drug distributes diff...
How a statin lowers your LDL, which side effects are genuinely caused by the drug, and the four blood values that shift...
Lp(a) is largely hereditary and barely changes with lifestyle. Learn why it is often missed and when testing makes sense...
Your risk of cardiovascular disease partly shows in your blood. Learn which values count, from cholesterol to Lp(a), and...
Your cholesterol is too high and you want to tackle it without medication. Which lifestyle changes are proven effective...
Your standard cholesterol test sometimes misses something. ApoB, hs-CRP, homocysteine and Lp(a) add insight into your he...
LDL carries cholesterol into your artery wall, HDL clears it out. See the healthy values, the ratio, and what your resul...
When is your cholesterol too high? Read about causes, why you often feel nothing, high cholesterol in women and what you...
Triglycerides are a blood fat that responds quickly to lifestyle. See the normal values, the causes and what really help...