date:Jan 02, 2014
Unhealthy patterns of cholesterol could be directly causing the higher levels of amyloid known to contribute to Alzheimers, in the same way that such patterns promote heart disease, according to a new study published online in JAMA Neurology.
Researchers at UC Davis found high levels of good cholesterol and low levels of bad cholesterol are correlated with lower levels of the amyloid plaque deposition in the brain that is a hallmark of Alzheimers disease, in a pattern that mirrors the relations