High good, low bad cholesterol levels are healthy for brain, too
Wednesday, January 1, 2014 - 18:30
in Health & Medicine
High levels of "good" cholesterol and low levels of "bad" cholesterol are correlated with lower levels of the amyloid plaque deposition in the brain that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, in a pattern that mirrors the relationship between good and bad cholesterol in cardiovascular disease, researchers have found.