Statins could protect against dementia
17th April 2014
Regular statin use could help stave off dementia in the elderly, according to two recently published studies from Taiwan.

In the first study a cohort of 34,000 people over 60, around half of whom had been prescribed statins, were followed over 10 years for the diagnosis of any type of dementia.
Statin users had a 22% lower risk of incident dementia over the period, the researchers from the National Yang Ming University in Taipei found.
The effect was considerably stronger in women who had a 24% reduction in risk