Taking statins might be linked to a lower chance of getting dementia, based on studies of millions of people — but we can't say for sure that statins are the reason why.

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Overview the effect of statin therapy on dementia risk, cognitive changes and its pathologic change: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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2018 Nov

The study looked at millions of people and found that those on statins were less likely to get dementia, just like the claim says.

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Overview the effect of statin therapy on dementia risk, cognitive changes and its pathologic change: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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DOI: 10.21037/atm.2018.06.43

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