High cholesterol levels can pose significant risks to health, including affecting memory. Research highlights a link between ...

Now new research suggests that sitting for too long could affect the size of your brain, too. The medical journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association published a study ...

In a talk, David Holtzman of Washington University in St. Louis followed up on his published data that human ApoE exacerbates tau pathology in mice (Apr 2017 conference news; Sep 2017 news).In that ...

There are already numerous lines of evidence linking Aβ with ApoE and cholesterol (see ARF related news story). “The interesting thing about this new APP/ApoE connection is that it is completely ...

Decades of research have established statins as a safe treatment to effectively lower cholesterol and improve health outcomes. Most people take these drugs without any adverse effects. However ...

My column last April, “Weighing the Pros and Cons of Statins,” has so far elicited nearly 700 online comments, many of them from people who accused me of selling out to Big Pharma.. Yes ...

Statin use has been growing for the past decade. Here's what to know about the common medication, including how it lowers cholesterol and the most prevalent side effects.

For adults ages 20 or older, it’s generally considered healthy for blood LDL cholesterol levels to be under 100 milligrams per deciliter.If your levels rise to as high as 189 milligrams per ...