4 – Alzheimers

To the Editor: Based on a subpopulation of the Framingham cohort, Dr Lieb and colleagues 1 suggested that higher levels of leptin are associated with reduced incidence of dementia and Alzheimer disease (AD), correlated with positive associations between leptin levels and total brain and hippocampal volumes.

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People who have higher levels of an appetite-suppressing hormone produced by fat cells may be less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease or dementia than others, U.S. researchers said Tuesday.

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