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Ray, This is very interesting indeed. My husband, Prem, who is now 62 and was diagnosed with PD at the age of 56, though he probably had the symptoms for two years before that, has had high cholesterol ever since we started regular tests when he was in his late 30s. Even now he is on medication for it. Moneesha Calcutta, India 2008/6/10 rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>: > I read an article on a correlation between high cholesterol and Parkinson's > disease. Now we all know that high cholesterol is connected with increased > heart disease, but I don't think any of us (maybe I'm being a little to > presumptuous here) would have guessed that there's a conncection between > high cholesterol and Parkinson's. > Reuters reports that researchers examined this relationship in a cohort of > 24,773 Finnish men and 26,153 women between the ages of 25 and 74 years. A > total of 321 men and 304 women developed Parkinson's disease during an > average follow-up of 18 years. > Compared to people with the lowest cholesterol, those with the highest had > an 86 percent likelihood of developing Parkinson's disease. > This increased risk applied to people 24 to 54 years of age. "However, no > association was found among subjects aged 55 years or older at baseline. > I'm not making any assumptions here but I would really like to see some > deeper studies about this study. We'll let you know if anything else > develops. > > source unknown > > Rayilyn Brown > Board Member AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation > [log in to unmask] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn