Keeping your blood pressure low may guard against Alzheimer’s, new research suggests.

Taking care of your heart by controlling high blood pressure may pay a dividend in protecting your mind and memory, recent research suggests.

Even in the absence of a stroke, hypertension damages the brain, according to Barbara Messinger-Rapport, M.D., Ph.D., a geriatrician in the Section of Geriatric Medicine at The Cleveland Clinic. The research indicates that this damage accelerates aging-related cognitive problems and increases the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.

Brain drain…

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