Lowering blood pressure prevents worsening brain damage in elderly
Monday, March 18, 2019 - 18:00
in Health & Medicine
Elderly people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, who took medicine to keep their 24-hour systolic blood pressure around 130 mm Hg for three years showed significantly less accumulation of harmful brain lesions compared with those taking medicine to maintain a systolic blood pressure around 145 mm Hg, according to new research.