Small Vessel Injury from Hypertension or Diabetes May Lead to Dementia

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One-third of risk for dementia attributed to small vessel disease in autopsy study
A large autopsy study of senior citizens who had lived in the Seattle area has found that as many as one-third of those who had dementia before they died also had small vessel damage in their brains – the type of cumulative injury that can result from hypertension or diabetes. The researchers say it suggests this accounts for a third of the risk for dementia.

In the autopsied brains of people who had experienced cognitive decline and dementia, 45 percent of the risk for dementia was associated with pathologic changes of Alzheimer's disease.

Another 10 percent of dementia risk was associated with.....read the whole article

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