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High Blood Pressure And Diabetes Could Alter Brain Structure, Slowing Down Cognition – ScienceAlert
High blood pressure and type 2 diabetes are generally thought to affect the body, but a new paper has provided evidence that they can also affect our mind in subtle ways, and the effects can be seen already in middle age.
High blood pressure and type 2 diabetes are generally thought to affect the body, but a new paper has provided evidence that they can also affect our mind in subtle ways, and the effects can be seen already in middle age.
“We found that having high blood pressure and having diabetes in particular, has a detrimental effect on the speed of thinking and memory,” co-first author of the study, Oxford University neurologist Michele Veldsman, told ScienceAlert.
“As blood pressure increases, speed of …
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