A COMMON cholesterol-lowering drug may be effective against Alzheimer's if given at an early stage of the disease, new research suggests.
The findings, from a study on mice, add to laboratory evidence that cholesterol-lowering statins may prevent some of the symptoms of Alzheimer's.
Earlier work by the same Canadian team showed simvastatin improved blood flow in the brains of year-old laboratory mice with Alzheimer's.
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