Cholesterol lowering medication protective against Alzheimer’s disease

Hypolipidemic agents designed to lower cholesterol has also been found to reduce the development of dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease. A study conducted on people with high cholesterol showed that those subjects taking statins had less presentation of failing short term memory and cognition. Statins work on an enzyme in the body involved with cholesterol production.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Reuters

Related Disease Topics:

• Alzheimer’s disease
• Dementia
• High cholesterol

Related Symptom Topics:

• Failing short term memory
• Failing cognition

Article Source Details

About: Cholesterol lowering medication protective against Alzheimer’s disease

Date: 17 November 2005

Source: Reuters

URL: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L16498949.htm

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Risk and high cholesterol
• Risk and cholesterol
• Risk and Alzheimer’s disease
• Risk and dementia
• Risk and short term memory
• Risk and cognition
• Risk and cognition decline
• Research
• Research and failing short term memory
• Research and failing cognition
• Research and Alzheimer’s disease
• Research and dementia
• Research and high cholesterol
• Medication
• Medication and memory
• Medication and memory decline
• Medication and cognitive decline
• Medication and failing short term memory
• Medication and failing cognition
• Medication and Alzheimer’s disease
• Dementia
• Medication and high cholesterol
• Medication and cholesterol lowering agents
• Medication and cholesterol lowering drugs
• Medication and hypolipidemic agents
• Medication and statins
• Medication and lipid lowering agents
• Medication and lipid lowering drugs

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