Friday, July 1, 2016

Cerebrovascular disease linked to Alzheimer's

Cerebrovascular disease linked to Alzheimer's:

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While strokes are known to increase risk for dementia, much less is known about diseases of large and small blood vessels in the brain, separate from stroke, and how they relate to dementia. Diseased blood vessels in the brain itself, which commonly is found in elderly people, may contribute more significantly to Alzheimer’s disease dementia than was previously believed, according to new study results published in June in The Lancet Neurology, a British medical journal.


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