A new study suggests that reducing systolic blood pressure below the clinically safe threshold of 120 mmHg over time may produce slight health-protective benefits against late-life dementia and help reduce racial and ethnic disparities in both hypertension and hypertension control. Hypertension is one of the most modifiable risk factors for dementia, but most research on dementia risk reduction through blood pressure control is limited to White participants, even though Black and Latino populations disproportionately experience both conditions. A new study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and UCLA Fielding School of Public Health fills in this knowledge Read More
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