A new study published by the Archana Singh-Manoux team from the Inserm group 687 « Public health and Epidemiology of Professional and Social Determinants in Health » shows that weak concentrations of HDL or « good » cholesterol in the blood are associated with a cognitive deficit and decline around age 60. Their work is published in the June 30, 2008, issue of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology : Journal of the American Heart Association.
To learn more, please consult the Inserm press release (in French).