Another reason to keep your blood pressure down: It can lower your risk of dementia

Sunday, July 29, 2018 - 08:44 in Health & Medicine

For patients with high blood pressure who hope to ward off dementia, doctors have the same advice for those looking to protect their hearts and kidneys: Go lower. In a comprehensive new study, researchers found that driving down patients’ systolic blood pressure readings to a new lower target level...

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