High blood pressure linked to dementia

it took this long to find this correlation? why not breakthrough studies showing that running red lights causes more accidents? i wonder if natural normal blood pressure works better than the drug induced variety.

High blood pressure runs in my family, so i've been taking meds for the last 15 years to keep it normal. I try and do a lot of quite meditation to drop it even lower if possible. Mother has full blown Alzheimers and don't have a clue who anybody is and i'm not to excited to be following in her footsteps. And i watch my diet like a hawk, i plan on doing everything right to keep those brain cells working properly.

....well maybe if my frikkin' medical bills weren't so high my blood pressure wouldn't spike too...and...and....

.....now what was I saying? <wink>

Fergit it. I forgot what I was going to say.

this is no big discovery. this has been suspected for years.they write like it's the first time they are hearing about it.my grandmother had high blood pressure years ago, and was told by a doctor then that it could lead to dementia. they didn't use the word alzheimers way back then.the only thing new is they can see images of it now.nothing new!

The cardiologists are so afraid of being sued that they were willing to prescribe beta blockers to patients who need something else to provide relief from anxiety disorder. The Anxiety Disorder is in itself alone

, a cause of high blood pressure.

Forgot to say that living and/or working in an environment of air pollution from diesel and other vehicles is known to raise blood pressure.

Now we know what is wrong with Cheney and the other Neocons.

Well, DUH!!  My blood pressure is currently 210/120 and because of the fact that I'm laid off work and have no insurance I no longer have access to my b.p. meds.  I just turned 49 years old and can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday!   I'm hoping a year from now, if I'm still alive, that I'll remember the name of my only Grandson who's just about to turn 7 months old!  My b.p. is high because of my family history, not because I'm grossly obese and not taking care of myself.  I'm a lady who's 5'5" and weighs 140 lbs.-yes, a bit chubby, but not nasty-fat.  Isn't life great??

....of course...my grandmother had dementia.....and never had high blood-pressure

....and my grandfather's high-blood-pressure was off the charts....and he was completely lucid until his death.

.....so....until the medical community can come out...and say...THIS....causes dementia....and THIS is the cure / preventative.....then anything they say can be taken with a huge grain of salt (preferably on watermelon or Granny Smith Apples)

I'm sorry...this may not be a brand new discovery but it IS news that should be spread high and wide. My husband and I, in our late 50's, both have been taking blood pressure medication for many years...in a laxadaisical fashion. Knowing better, as far as heart attacks and strokes go, we weren't worried if we missed a day or two here and there. Then my mother was diagnosed with dementia...her behavior having become very erratic, moody, paranoic, confused and violent at times. A timely car accident caused us to have a CAT scan done of her brain and what a shock! The report stated clearly that intensive brain damage had been caused directly from hypertension. My husband and I, being very intensive readers, HAD NEVER HEARD of this connection nor had we EVER BEEN TOLD by any of our doctors treating our hypertension that dementia was in any way connected. My husband and I now take our medications religiously...because the pain my mother's dementia has caused our family is not something I would knowingly inflict on my children. Spread the word...blood pressure now has another glaring reason for being watched closely...EVERY SINGLE PERSON I have spoken with in the last six months has someone in their family who is fighting the horror of dementia and now we are told the majority of cases might have been prevented. It is clear to us now where these multitude of dementia cases are stemming from...because high blood pressure has been slapped in our faces for generations now. Shame on the medical profession for not spreading the word sooner about this connection, because, believe me, dementia is more devastating than a heart attack or stroke BECAUSE THERE IS NO RETURN. God bless us all!

All we have is our health, if that changes our life changes. There is no warning, but there are clues, that is what tests are for. See dementia/Alzheimer's possible warning signs.

Yea, everytime Obama pisses me off my blood pressure goes thru the roof and later dementia kicks in and I cant remember why I was mad in the first place, then it starts all over the next day.

Oh so this is why i keep forgetting to take my bp medication and..... What was i saying?