Whether elevated blood pressure early in life translates to increased risk of dementia is a question scientists are working to answer.
“Dementia is not a normal part of aging, and once it begins you can’t reverse it,” says Dr. Shaoyong Su, genetic epidemiologist at the Georgia Prevention Institute at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.
“It typically surfaces at about age 65 or older but we think the problem really starts much earlier,” Su says of a condition characterized by loss of memory…
