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posted by Dr. Joe @ 10/07/2007 07:52:00 AM
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J. Joseph Prendergast has been a practicing physician for over 30 years. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine as well as Endocrinology and Metabolism.
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I read the American Heart Associations study on hypertension and memory but I didn't get the same message from it as you did, Dr. Joe. In fact it seemed to indicate the opposite. That is that people who take Ace Inhibiters or ARBs have been found to need to have even greater blood flow in the brain than those who are NOT on medication or those with normal B.P. It mentioned this could result in "mental fatiue. Since high B.P. should be controlled what do you make of this?
NEUROLOGY 2005;64:E28-E29
© 2005 American Academy of Neurology
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Untreated hypertension can lead to memory loss by cutting down on blood flow to the brain
Janyna M. Mercado, PhD and Robin Hilsabeck, PhD
Uncontrolled Hypertension Results In Worse Short-term Memory And Verbal Ability In Old Age, American Psychological Association
Main Category: Hypertension News
Article Date: 05 Dec 2005 - 14:00 PDT
Hypertension tied to memory lapses
By Kathleen Fackelmann, USA TODAY
High blood pressure, a well-known player in heart attacks and stroke, also might contribute to the memory lapses that many people experience as they get older, a study released Tuesday suggests.
Many studies have shown that, if left untreated, high blood pressure can damage parts of the brain and cause dementia. But this study, and others like it, raises the concern that hypertension could cause subtle problems with short-term memory, such as the ability to remember a phone number, perform a task and then go back and dial the phone number.
"Hypertension may take the edge off a little bit," says J. Richard Jennings, a researcher at the University of Pittsburgh who presented the report Tuesday at the American Heart Association's 57th annual hypertension meeting in Washington, D.C.
Hypertension Study Finds Memory Tasks Require More Coordinated Brain Blood Flow
Main Category: Hypertension News
Article Date: 29 Sep 2007 - 12:00 PDT
How hypertension affects memory - people with high blood pressure perform mental manipulations and retrieve recently-learned information more slowly than people with normal blood pressure - Brief Article
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