A recent Canadian Study reveals that aged people with high blood pressure are prone to developing dementia. A group of 990 Canadian seniors with an average age of 83 were observed by the researchers from the University of Western Ontario in London and the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in Iran.
About 57% of the people with high blood pressure lost their ability to classify thoughts and were slow at decision- making, while 28% suffered from dementia.
According to the World Alzheimer's Report from Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI), more than 35 million people worldwide have the disease and other dementias.
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other intellectual abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer's disease accounts for 50 to 80 percent of dementia cases.
"Unchecked, dementia and Alzheimer's will impose enormous burdens on individuals, families, health care infrastructures, industry and the worldwide economy", explained Marc Wortmann, Executive Director of ADI.
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