EPISODE · Nov 22, 2019 · 16 MIN
Podcast 243: Lowering high blood pressure lowers dementia risk
from Clinical Conversations · host NEJM Group
Controlling hypertension lowers the relative risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease by roughly 15%. Given that many people have poorly-controlled hypertension, the finding that all antihypertensives are effective in bringing about this result might get your patients to be more adherent. We talk with Dr. Lenore Launer of the NIH’s Institute on Aging about her recent meta-analysis in The Lancet Neurology. LINKS: Launer’s paper in The Lancet Neurology Lancet comment on the article Running time: 16 minutes The post Podcast 243: Lowering high blood pressure lowers dementia risk first appeared on Clinical Conversations.
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Controlling hypertension lowers the relative risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease by roughly 15%. Given that many people have poorly-controlled hypertension, the finding that all antihypertensives are effective in bringing about this result might get your patients to be more adherent. We talk with Dr. Lenore Launer of the NIH’s Institute on Aging about her recent meta-analysis […]
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