• CDC
  • Heart Failure
  • Cardiovascular Clinical Consult
  • Adult Immunization
  • Hepatic Disease
  • Rare Disorders
  • Pediatric Immunization
  • Implementing The Topcon Ocular Telehealth Platform
  • Weight Management
  • Monkeypox
  • Guidelines
  • Men's Health
  • Psychiatry
  • Allergy
  • Nutrition
  • Women's Health
  • Cardiology
  • Substance Use
  • Pediatrics
  • Kidney Disease
  • Genetics
  • Complimentary & Alternative Medicine
  • Dermatology
  • Endocrinology
  • Oral Medicine
  • Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
  • Pain
  • Gastrointestinal Disorders
  • Geriatrics
  • Infection
  • Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Obesity
  • Rheumatology
  • Technology
  • Cancer
  • Nephrology
  • Anemia
  • Neurology
  • Pulmonology

Statin May Reduce Risk of Dementia and Parkinson's Disease

Article

BOSTON -- Simvastatin (Zocor) may enrich the brain as well as help sustain the heart, according to researchers here.

BOSTON, July 19 -- Simvastatin (Zocor) may enrich the brain as well as help sustain the heart, according to researchers here.

The statin reduced the risk of incident dementia by more than 54% and the risk of newly acquired Parkinson's disease by 49% in patients 65 or older, Benjamin Wolozin, M.D., of Boston University, and colleagues, reported online in BMC Medicine

Analysis of data from the 4.5 million men and women included in the Veterans Affairs database found a significant protective effect for simvastatin (P

But as the authors concluded, more studies are needed to determine whether the apparent protective effect "represents a biological action of simvastatin or an unanticipated statistical bias in the database."

Related Videos
"Vaccination is More of a Marathon than a Sprint"
Vaccines are for Kids, Booster Fatigue, and Other Obstacles to Adult Immunization
Related Content
© 2024 MJH Life Sciences

All rights reserved.