high blood pressure, although many won't realise. If left untreated it can have a serious impact on your health as it can put serious pressure on your organs.
This can ultimately lead to complications such as heart attacks, strokes and kidney disease. It has also previously been linked to vascular dementia - one of the most common types of the condition - as this is caused by reduced blood show to the brain.
But new research, led by the University of Michigan in the US, has found that people with hypertension are at risk of a faster decline in their ability to think, make decisions and remember information.
As part of the study, published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, researchers tracked high blood pressure's association with declining brain function over years.
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