Reducing hypertension reduces the risk of dementia by 15 %.
About 34,000 individuals over 40 years old have confirmed that hypertension treatment has affected cognitive impairment for four years.
Those who take blood pressure medicine, lose weight and reduce salt and alcohol have been found to be very likely to suffer from mental reduction.
Masud Husain, a professor of neurology at Oxford University, called this study as a landmark in dementia research.
He said, “It is a morning call not only to protect the heart but also to protect the brain intensively to treat high blood pressure to protect the brain,” he said.
‘Surprisingly, the incidence of dementia has been greatly reduced by actively treating blood pressure in four years.
‘It is important to understand how important it is to treat many patients and GPs, but you may not understand what the risk of dementia occurs.’
Dementia is the largest killer in the UK. The number of people with this condition is expected to increase from 57.4 million in 2019 to 158 million by 2050, and the biggest impact is the biggest impact on low -income countries.
Experts are demanding that the government will provide more than 30 NHS health checkups, which will test blood pressure and potentially suffer more earlier.
Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have provided drugs and intensive medical coaching to 17,407 patients with unprocessed high blood pressure in rural Chinese villages.
They were guided to reduce weight and reduce the amount of salt and alcohol.
Further 16,588 patients were provided with ‘general treatment’, that is, blood pressure management advice and regular monitoring.
The risk of all causative dementia decreased by 15 %, and the general cognitive impairment decreased to 16 of the first groups.
This study, published in Nature Medicine, suggests that reducing blood pressure can be an easy way to reduce this global burden.
Dr. Julia Dudley, the research director of Alzheimer’s Research UK, urged more efforts to deal with the government’s health and lifestyle elements that can cause dementia.
‘This can mean reducing salt, sugar and calories in processed foods and introducing a policy of lowering the NHS health check -up age from 40 to 30, so more people can begin to manage their blood pressure in their early life.’
‘Caring for heart and vascular health is what we can do to improve overall welfare and reduce the risk of dementia. Since the current treatment cannot be used in NHS to delay or prevent dementia diseases, there is no need to promote good brain health. ‘
Dr. Richard Oakley, the research and innovation vice president of Alzheimer Society, said: ‘We know that what is good for your mind is often good for your head.
‘This is one of the first big tests that tested whether the treatment of hypertension, which is supported by health coaching, can reduce the risk of dementia. The result seems promising.
‘It is recommended that intervention works in a real rural environment that uses non -physically medical workers. This can affect the provision of treatment in a limited area where resources are limited in the future.
‘But these four years of research will not tell if the benefits will continue in the long run, so we will continue to follow this trial.’
