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Link Between Statins and Cognition Gets More Complicated
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Title Link Between Statins and Cognition Gets More Complicated
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/565920?src=rss
Description New research links statin use to reduced cognitive decline but uncovers a curious phenomenon: African American patients who stopped taking statins appeared to reap a greater cognitive benefit than those who continued taking this cholesterol-lowering medication. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Nov 15, 2007
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