Friday 24 February 2017

Men with superior higher cognitive ability better at taking heart medication

(Uppsala University) After a heart attack, it is important for patients to take medication that lowers cholesterol levels. In a new study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, researchers at Uppsala and Umeå Universities have found that general cognitive ability (intelligence) has a bearing, in the first year and two years after the heart attack, on how well men take statins prescribed for them.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://ift.tt/2l8gTqI

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