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Women with high cholesterol in mid-life are at no more risk of developing dementia than women who have lower levels, according to new research.

It was previously thought that maintaining a low level of cholesterol in middle age was beneficial to the brain, but research has found that it does not.

Scientists from John Hopkins University followed the progress of over 1,400 Swedish women for 32 years and found that there was no greater risk of Alzheimer's or other types of dementia in the brain for those with high levels than those with low.

In addition, it was discovered that women whose cholesterol levels decreased the most between mid and old age had a 2.5 times more chance of developing the disorder of the brain.

This comes after research by Oregon Health and Science University found that taking fish oil tablets does not slow mental or physical decline in Alzheimer's patients.

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