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Alzheimer’s Risk Raises With Mid-Life High Cholesterol

According to a recent study, having high cholesterol levels in your 40s may raise the chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease later in life.
The study involved 9,752 people in northern California found that those with high cholesterol levels between ages 40 and 45 were 50 percent more likely than those with low cholesterol levels to develop Alzheimer’s disease later in life.The findings were presented this past week at a meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in Chicago.

Read the entire article at reuters.com

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