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Editor’s note: Season 8 of the podcast Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta gets back to basics with an in-depth examination of the brain in different states. Each episode will focus on one of those states the distracted brain, the frightened brain, the nourished brain, etc. to spotlight what is going on in our heads and how it impacts our bodies.

A new study has shown that a common cholesterol medication could help to slow the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. The research, which was undertaken by scientists in Sweden, suggests that statin drugs could reduce congestion in the brain that leads to cognitive decline. Statins are used to help lower bad cholesterols in the blood known as low-density lipoproteins (LDL). Using data from the Swedish Registry for Cognitive/Dementia Disorders, the researchers the effects of statins on pathways in the brain