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Low
Cholesterol Linked to Parkinson’s in Men
(NY, Reuters Health, 9/29/05)
Dr. Xuemei Huang, and team, from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, compared the lipid levels of 124
Parkinson’s patients with a comparable group of 112 healthy
subjects. The investigators found that men (but not women)
with low cholesterol levels were more likely to develop
Parkinson’s. The scientists speculate that the findings may
result from cholesterol’s role as a precursor for
hormones/chemical modulators involved in central nervous
system function or from it’s possible function in ridding the
body of the toxins that can cause the disorder.
(American Neurological Association,
Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, Sept. 2005) |
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