Whoa, whoa let's not jump on the statins is bad bandwagon and get the poor guy off them immediately - Stopping statins may be dangerous and getting off them could kill him! Sure statinsare not good for you, but go cold turkey and you could be dead shortly. Best goto your GP and see if you can stop taking the statins and then try ...

Take a statin a day if you're male and over 50, a health expert has told us this week.  Prof Robert Boyle, the UK's adviser on heart and stroke health, reckons the drug should be taken along with the morning Corn Flakes in order to keep in check high cholesterol levels. He's right to be concerned: heart disease and stroke is the ...

A reader’s husband, who is in his seventies, had triple bypass surgery two and a half years ago and has been taking aspirin and statins ever since. Recently, because of pain in his arm and increasing breathlessness, he took a treadmill test and is suspected to have more blocked arteries.  His wife is desperate to know if there is any ...