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Statins and dementia risk.

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  1. Oct 29, 2026
    TWO-DATABASE STUDY LINKS STATINS TO DOUBLE DEMENTIA RISKTwo cohorts · 257,000 adults

    Statin users had about double the dementia risk in two big health studies

    A study of about 257,000 adults in US and UK health databases found statin users were diagnosed with dementia about twice as often, but it cannot show the pills were the cause.