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Statins Might Stave Off Alzheimer’s

TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) — Treatment with a cholesterol-lowering drug might protect against Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests. Scientists have long known that nerve cells in people with Alzheimer’s die prematurely because they are strongly overstimulated, a process called excitotoxicity. Theorizing that the cholesterol drug lovastatin might ward off cell death, researchers at the University of [...]

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Biomarkers May Help Measure Rate of Decline in Dementia

TUESDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) — Checking levels of certain biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid may help predict the rate of cognitive decline in people with very mild dementia, and this information could be used to improve the effectiveness of clinical trials, say U.S. researchers. Their study, published in the May issue of the journal Archives of [...]

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