Hypertension Linked to Dementia in Older Women
Pubished January 12th, 2010Older women with hypertension are at increased risk for developing brain lesions that cause dementia later in life, according to data from the Womenâs Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS). The findings were published in the December 2009 online issue of the Journal of Clinical Hypertension. The research was conducted as part of the Womenâ Health Initiative (WHI), the largest multi-site longitudinal study looking at health risks among postmenopausal women. WHIMS, which involves a subgroup of the women enrolled in WHI, looks at the influence of hormone therapy on thinking and memory. All the women in WHIMS were 65 or older. Upon enrolling in the trial and annually during their participation in it, the women had their blood pressure ...Read More