Re: statins don't reduce dementia risk

Haven't seen the full-text study, but don't see where it says in the article
zee posted that there was no increase of dementia among the statin group.

"Jim Chinnis" <jchinnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Sharon Hope" <shope@xxxxxxxx> wrote in part:
>
>>
>>"Jim Chinnis" <jchinnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> "Sharon Hope" <shope@xxxxxxxx> wrote in part:
>>>>
>>>>What is your reaction to a drug that not only does not cut dementia
>>>>risk,
>>>>but CAUSES dementia?
>>>
>>> I didn't realize that they found that dementia increased with
>>> statin treatment. How do you conclude that?
>>> --
>>> Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA
>>
>>Didn't mean to imply that.
>>
>> 1- they found statins did not reduce dementia
>> 2- we know from other sources statins cause cognitive damage, memory
>>loss, dementia
>>
>
> I'd state this differently:
>
> 1- they found statins did not reduce or increase dementia
> 2- we know from other sources statins cause cognitive damage,
> memory loss, dementia
>
> Conclusion: the degree to which statins cause dementia or changes
> in dementia-related cognitive tests must either be extremely
> slight or else be offset by statin-afforded protection from
> non-statin causes of dementia.
> --
> Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA


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