Statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, have no effect on kidney function, a research team led by the University of Iowa has found.

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Statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, have no effect on kidney function, a research team led by the University of ...

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A University of Iowa research team has found that a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs have no effect on kidney function.

Normal cholesterol ranges for adults are below 200 mg, five times lower than what the man had, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. Marmagkiolis diagnosed the man with xanthelasma, or cholesterol ...

If you have high cholesterol you are at greater risk of heart attacks and strokes among other serious complications.