Thank you for such a thought-provoking post. Dementia and heart disease are both frightening, but I wonder if the possibility of dementia will actually make more people sit up and listen than the possibility of heart disease? At least in some cases.
I think many of us tend to think of heart disease as something that creeps in and that, when we decide to focus on more healthy living, can be completely reversible. So perhaps there is some lethargy, some "I'll get to it later," on the part of people regarding their cholesterol levels. But dementia is frightening because it signifies a loss of control, and because we tend to see it as "the beginning of the end" in many ways.
Any information as to whether an improvement in cholesterol levels -- even with statin drugs, perhaps -- has an effect on the dementia?
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Elizabeth,
Thank you for such a thought-provoking post. Dementia and heart disease are both frightening, but I wonder if the possibility of dementia will actually make more people sit up and listen than the possibility of heart disease? At least in some cases.
I think many of us tend to think of heart disease as something that creeps in and that, when we decide to focus on more healthy living, can be completely reversible. So perhaps there is some lethargy, some "I'll get to it later," on the part of people regarding their cholesterol levels. But dementia is frightening because it signifies a loss of control, and because we tend to see it as "the beginning of the end" in many ways.
Any information as to whether an improvement in cholesterol levels -- even with statin drugs, perhaps -- has an effect on the dementia?
August 14, 2009 - 7:50amThis Comment
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