New research suggests some statin drugs may cause memory impairment. A team led by scientists at the University of Bristol in the UK tested two commonly prescribed statins in rats and found one, but not the other, reduced performance of working and recognition memory. They write about their findings in a recent online issue of the journal PLOS ONE. Statins are drugs that reduce levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad cholesterol" in the blood and are taken by millions of people worldwide...

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