Sunday, December 20, 2009

High blood pressure, or can damage the thinking and memory

Modern lifestyle, many people are plagued by high blood pressure. According to December published in the United States, "Archives of Neurology," Journal reported that a recent study researchers found that blood pressure might damage people's thinking and memory.

New York, Columbia University Medical Center researchers say high blood pressure with a mild cognitive impairment related to the person suffering from mild cognitive impairment will have language, memory, attention or to other mental dysfunction, although these barriers will not be seriously affect their daily lives, but it is a precursor to vascular dementia.



The researchers from 1992 to 1994, the right to track 918 people, they had no signs of mild cognitive impairment. The researchers every 18 months for them to conduct a medical examination and cognitive tests, with an average follow-up of four and a half years. In the follow-up period, 334 occurred in mild cognitive impairment, those who suffer from high blood pressure risk of mild cognitive impairment, 40% higher than normal. These findings suggest that people, prevention of hypertension to reduce the risk of cognitive impairment of great significance

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