This week in class we learned about Parkinson's and the different possible treatments, and symptoms that are present. The article that I found on foxnews.com is very interesting and describes the possibility of taking drugs to lower one's cholesterol could help to prevent Parkinson's disease. The study suggests that the use of the Cholesterol medications could help to prevent the development of Parkinson's especially in individuals under the age of sixty. The new study that showed that people who took the cholesterol lowering medications had a 26 percent chance of not developing Parkinson's over a 12 year time span. The risk was reduced by 69 percent for those individuals who were under the age of 60. The studies were not very conclusive. This is because there are other factors that could be causing the condition such as if a person is smoking, and people who were taking these certain kinds of cholesterol lowering medications could be taking other medications as well. It was said by one of the researchers that the cholesterol medications or the statins could help to lower the possibilities of Parkinson's because the statins would lower the inflammations that occur in the brain.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/03/13/cholesterol-drugs-may-help-ward-off-parkinsons/
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