If you’re middle-aged and have high blood pressure, anywhere from 140/90 or higher, you may have trouble with your memory as well.
An interesting study, published in the most recent issue of the journal Neurology, found that people over the age of 45 years who had a high lower blood pressure number, the diastolic number had a higher chance of having memory or cognitive problems than those who are normotensive, or have normal diastolic blood pressure numbers.
Researchers looked at almost 20,000 people who were over 45 years old. According to a press release from American Academy of Neurology,
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