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A statin that wards off Alzheimer’s Disease?
[mis à jour le 20 August 2007 à 15h25]
According to a wide-ranging American study, simvastatin – which more than 20 years ago heralded a new generation of treatment against high cholesterol – also appears to provide protection against Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
In fact it appears to reduce the incidence of these two conditions by around 50%. Professor Benjamin Wolozin of the University of Boston worked with a database containing medical information on over 4.5 million Americans. Using mathematical models, he demonstrated the superiority of simvastatin over two other statins – atorvastatin and lovastatin – in preventing what are known as neurodegenerative diseases. The only shadow on the horizon – and it’s a significant one – is that Professor Wolozin doesn’t offer any explanation as to why this might be. But watch this space…
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