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Do People with High Blood Pressure Have a Higher Risk of Alzheimer's Disease?
People 60 and older with untreated high blood pressure may have an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease compared to both people who have been or are being treated for high blood pressure as well as people without the chronic condition. The new research, a meta-analysis, is published in the August 14, 2024, online issue of Neurology(r), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. These results do not prove that untreated high blood pressure causes Alzheimer's disease, they only show an association.
August 14, 2024
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