A new article from Harvard University explores the effects of poor vascular health on the state of one’s cognitive function.
Blood flow problems and other cardiac factors can contribute to brain abnormalities similar to those associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Strokes can also contribute to large swaths of brain tissue dying when blood clot stops normal blood flow. According to research, one in three stroke survivors will develop dementia.
“An estimated one-third of all cases of dementia, including those identified as Alzheimer’s, can be attributed to vascular factors,” said Albert Hofman, MD, chair of the department of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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