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Your liver is one of the body’s most crucial organs. Unfortunately, many drugs can put extra strain on it. Find out which ones do and how to minimize harm.

The solution to a lifetime of statins could lie in a diet based on vegetables, whole grains, beans and fruit.…

High blood pressure and heart disease meds, statins, dairy and Coumadin can all have bad interactions with certain drugs. Make sure you’re not blocking the effectiveness of your meds with your food.

Prescription heart medications are so common — millions of Americans currently take at least one to treat everything from high blood pressure and high cholesterol to heart failure and stroke — that it’s easy to assume that they are easy on your system, that the side effects must be minor because so many people take them. Not so. One of the two top reasons patients give for not taking heart drugs as prescribed is “fear of side effects.”

Doctors prescribe statins to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease. Here are pros and cons to consider when…

Statins have been associated with a host of side effects. Based on observational studies, as many as 30% of those taking the medications experience muscle aches and pains. There is also some evidence statins may boost the risk of developing diabetes.

About half of people prescribed statin medications fail to achieve an appropriate reduction in LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels two years…

Statins are used to lower cholesterol, but some people have side effects or don’t want to take meds. Find out…

If you have high cholesterol and cardiovascular risk factors, you may be prescribed a statin. Should you be concerned about…

The benefits of statin medications outweigh their risks, the American Heart Association says, responding to a study that came out…