Heart disease could be tied to dementia for older women

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older women with a history of heart trouble were more likely to develop thinking and memory problems than those without heart disease, in a new study. Women who'd had a heart attack, in particular, were twice as likely to see declines in their thinking and memory skills, researchers found. Doctors had already suspected such a link existed, lead author Dr. Bernhard Haring told Reuters Health. "But our study provides new evidence on a broad scale including many different types of heart disease with a specific focus on postmenopausal women," he said.



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