Taking statins won't protect you from getting dementia or memory problems later in life — big studies with tens of thousands of people show they don’t make a difference for brain health.

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Statins and Cognitive Function

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Human

2014 Aug

The study says we don’t have enough good data yet to know if statins affect memory or dementia, which means it doesn’t back up the claim that statins definitely don’t help.

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Statins and Cognitive Function

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DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-10-201311190-00007

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