Angiotensin receptor blockers associated with lower risk of Alzheimer's disease

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 09:49 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...

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