New details from two studies reveal more side effects from niacin, a drug that hundreds of thousands of Americans take for cholesterol problems and general heart health. Some prominent doctors say the ...

Dear Reader: First, let's look at niacin and its role in the body. Niacin is a B vitamin needed to create compounds crucial to cellular function. A shortage of niacin, or vitamin B3, can lead to ...

After the failure of Pfizer's good cholesterol-boosting drug, torcetrapib, some Wall Street analysts believe the most promising new treatment option could be a group of niacin-based medicines. Federal ...