The HATS study, conducted by Brown and colleagues, showed that simvastatin–niacin combination therapy provided a large reduction in cardiovascular risk compared with placebo. [4] The small population ...

Q: I have followed a healthy lifestyle for decades and, yet, I still had a heart attack. It turns out that I inherited very high Lp(a) levels. My doctors did not know much about this cardiac risk ...

chronic-kidney-disease-CKD-0516 Average 6-month serum phosphorus level was significantly lower in CKD patients who received niacin than those who did not (3.4 vs. 4.2 mg/dL). BOSTON—Niacin may be an ...

Dear Dr. Gott: My wife takes niacin. She had high triglycerides for 16 years. Nothing seemed to help. They were never under 350. Well, finally, one of her doctors said to try niacin. He said to start ...

April 19, 2012 (Baltimore, Maryland) — When the Atherothrombosis Intervention in Metabolic Syndrome with Low HDL Cholesterol/High Triglyceride and Impact on Global Health Outcomes (AIM-HIGH) study was ...