The raised blood pressure of hypertension is damaging to sensitive tissues throughout the body, but particularly the brain. Alongside many other issues in the health and function of the vascular system, hypertension increases the pace of rupture of tiny blood vessels in the brain, each such event destroying a small volume of brain tissue. Over time this adds up to degrade cognitive function and contribute to the development of outright dementia. Thus high blood pressure is harmful, and the longer the period of time in which blood pressure is elevated, the more harm is done. Here, researchers assess <a href="https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPE…
High Cumulative Blood Pressure Correlates with a Sizable Increase in Dementia Risk
The raised blood pressure of hypertension is damaging to sensitive tissues throughout the body, but particularly the brain. Alongside many other issues in the health and function of the vascular system, hypertension increases the pace of rupture of tiny blood vessels in the brain, each such event destroying a small volume of brain tissue. Over time this adds up to degrade cognitive function and contribute to the development of outright dementia. Thus high blood pressure is harmful, and the longer the period of time in which blood pressure is elevated, the more harm is done. Here, researchers assess <a href="https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPE…