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A study at the University of Kuopio in Finland has found that the long-term effects of stress may be the biggest cause of the disease.

Solomon, of the University of Kuopio, Finland, and her colleagues examined this question using data from the national FINRISK study, a large, population-based survey of cardiovascular risk factors in Finnish citizens.

Solomon, of the University of Kuopio, Finland, not all studies have concluded that statins confer a protective effect against dementia onset.

AUTHORS BIOGRAPHY Antti HUUSKONEN Employment Institute of Biomedicine, Physiology, University of Kuopio, Finland Degree BM Research interests Exercise physiology, genetics.

Erikkson is affiliated with the University of Kuopio.

Middle-aged people who drank between three and five cups of coffee a day lowered their risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease by between 60 and 65 percent later in life," said lead researcher on the project, Miia Kivipelto, a professor at the University of Kuopio in Finland and at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

He was awarded Dr hc by the University of Kuopio (Finland) in 1991 and Dr Med Sc hc by the University of Uppsala (Sweden) in 1996.