Cholesterol levels linked to early signs of Alzheimer's in brain

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/cholesterol-levels-linked-early-signs-alzheimers-brain-2D11819018

JoNel Aleccia NBC News
Dec. 31, 2013

High levels of “good” HDL cholesterol and low levels of the “bad” LDL kind are not just helpful for your heart, they’re better for your brain as well, a new study finds.

In fact, the wrong levels of the two types of cholesterol are associated with more of the protein deposits in the brain associated with the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

That’s according to the first study to look at the relationship between specific cholesterol levels and brain amyloid deposits in living humans, not just autopsy patients. It’s published Monday in the journal JAMA Neurology.

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