Thread: Statins, plasma cholesterol, and risk of Parkinson's disease: A prospective study.
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Old 02-18-2015, 11:19 PM
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If you look on the right side of the Pubmed link linked page you'll see related articles..
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25639598

[Related citations in PubMed
Long-term statin use and the risk of Parkinson's disease.[Am J Manag Care. 2013]
Plasma urate and Parkinson's disease in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.[Am J Epidemiol. 2009]
Lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels are associated with Parkinson's disease.[Mov Disord. 2007]

Some of those mention statins could be neuro protective.
But some say yes and some say maybe not..
So not very conclusive pro or con......
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