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High Blood Pressure Linked to Dementia

Risk rockets stunning 600%: study

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 8, 2008 3:10 AM CDT

(Newser) – High blood pressure increases an individual's risk of suffering dementia in old age by an astonishing 600%, reports the Daily Telegraph. The study, conducted in the UK—where 1 in 3 people have high blood pressure by middle age—found that hypertension increased the incidence...   Read full story »

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