People taking cholesterol-lowering statins also may be reducing, by up to 38 percent, their chances of having a life-threatening brain-bleeding stroke, according to research published in the journal Neurology.
, considered the most deadly type of stroke, reduces oxygen delivery to the brain and increases pressure, which damages and can kill brain cells.
The study found that longer use of statins was linked to a lower risk for experiencing an intracerebral hemorrhage, ranging from a 16 percent lower risk for shorter-term use to a 38 percent lower risk for those who had taken statins for five years or more. The researchers also found that the location of the bleeding in the brain did not affect the risk reductions.
Previous research had found that statins can lower a person’s risk for a stroke caused by a blood clot. The new findings came from analysis of medical data on people 55 and older — including 2,164 who had, for the first time, experienced an intracerebral hemorrhage and, for comparison, roughly 40,000 people who had never had this type of stroke.may occur when a blood vessel in the brain becomes damaged and bursts.
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