High blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and obesity in middle age may shrink brain, damage thinking
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 15:31
in Health & Medicine
A new study suggests smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes and being overweight in middle age may cause brain shrinkage and lead to cognitive problems up to a decade later. The study is published in the August 2, 2011, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.