Together these papers (Locatelli et al., Okamura et al., and Rockwood et al.) further the interesting link between cholesterol metabolism and AD

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This paper provides further support for the observation that use of statins is associated with a lower risk of AD. Specifically, this paper reduces the possibility that the negative correlation between statin use and AD is due to the a spurious outcome of doctor prescribing characteristics, rather than a real action of statins on some aspect of the pathophysiology of AD.

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