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Cognitive Levels Decline With High Blood Pressure

  • October 05, 2004

All those Americans from 18-83 suffering from high blood pressure -- about 65 million at last count and especially those between ages 18-47 -- now have something new to worry about. A recent study found those who have high blood pressure, but are otherwise healthy, may still have a measurable decline in cognitive functioning. Although younger people (18-47) performed at a higher level than older people (48-83), they, like older individuals, showed blood pressure-related declines in...