Improving Blood Pressure Can Significantly Reduce Dementia Risk

Using data from the National Health Insurance Service National Health Examinee cohort, researchers report that individuals with grade 1 hypertension (140-159/90-99 mmHg) who managed to bring their blood pressure down to an average of 131/81 mmHg over the following decade were half as likely to develop dementia as participants who failed to address their hypertension. Journal of Hypertension, August 2021