Angiotensin receptor blockers are lower incidence, progression o...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Sat, 07/26/2008 - 23:00

(Boston University) Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have, for the first time, found that angiotensin receptor blockers -- a particular class of anti-hypertensive medicines -- are associated with a striking decrease in the occurrence and progression of dementia.

Data from this study will be presented this weekend at the 2008 International Conference on Alzheimer's disease in Chicago.


 

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