But what about older adults over the age of 70 — can statins help them as well? “Despite high risks of heart disease and stroke in older people and high need for preventive treatment such as ...

Statins, like atorvastatin sold under the brand name Lipitor, are generally recommended for adults over 40 with risk factors ... statin use in men and women 70 and older with or without previous ...

With cardiovascular disease on the rise, heart health is of the utmost importance. It’s estimated that 70 percent of people ...

compared with lower intensity statins. The results were similar for women (HR 0.91, 95% CI 0.82 to 1.00 and HR 0.88, 95% CI 0.70 to 1.05, respectively) and men (HR 0.96, 95% CI 0.88 to 1.05 and HR ...

Future Cardiol. 2009;5(1):1-4. That leaves extrapolation from secondary prevention women's results to support primary prevention statin use, yet the risk profiles for women in the two groups ...