Angiotensin receptor blockers associated with lower risk of Alzheimer's disease
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 05:42
in Health & Medicine
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) -- a particular class of anti-hypertensive medicines -- are associated with a striking decrease in the occurrence and progression of dementia. These findings appear in the January issue of the British Medical Journal.