Low blood pressure with medicine tied to faster mental decline

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) - For older people with mild cognitive impairment or dementia, low blood pressure might be linked to faster mental decline, according to a new study. There is not much data on blood pressure in people with cognitive impairment, lead author Dr. Enrico Mossello of the University of Florence in Italy told Reuters Health by email. This new study, he added, is the first to suggest that cognitive declines might happen faster in older people on blood pressure medicine whose systolic pressure - the top number - is low. Almost 70 percent were taking medication for high blood pressure.



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