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Cholesterol
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A statin alternative cut serious leg artery events by 36% in people who cannot take statins
Peripheral artery disease ends in amputation often enough that limb outcomes are the ones patients care about, and cholesterol trials rarely report them. This one did, in 1,624 patients who could not tolerate statins.
Sep 6, 2026
A cholesterol drug cut deaths from any cause by 20% in people who had never had a heart attack
Cholesterol drugs are judged on heart attacks and strokes, and rarely move the count of deaths at all. Across 12,301 people with no prior event, this one moved it, and moved deaths that had nothing to do with the heart.
Sep 6, 2026
Pairing a statin with certain blood pressure drugs tracked 12% less dementia over 12 years
Millions take a statin and a blood pressure pill together, and nobody has established which pairing is best. Following 34,610 Australians for a mean 12 years, one combination went with less dementia, in the direction few would have guessed.
Sep 1, 2026
High-intensity statins after stroke tracked slightly less dementia across 206,416 survivors
Stroke survivors face high dementia risk, and statins have long carried a reputation for harming memory. Matching 206,416 US patients, the stronger dose went with slightly less dementia rather than more: 6.6% against 6.9% over five years.
Sep 1, 2026