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Low Levels of
"Good" Cholesterol Linked to Dementia
(New York, Reuters Health, 6/11/02)
According to Dr. Anton J. M. de Craen of Leiden University
Medical Center in the Netherlands, a lack of High Density
Lipoprotein (HDL), the "good" cholesterol, may increase the
risk of dementia in the elderly. He studied 561
eighty-five-year-olds and found that those with low HDL levels
had a greater risk of mental impairment and dementia than the
other study participants
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