Targeting blood pressure to protect the brain

Josef Coresh; Salim S. Virani; Rebecca F. Gottesman

doi:10.1038/s41591-025-03694-8

Targeting blood pressure to protect the brain

Josef Coresh
, Salim S. Virani
, Rebecca F. Gottesman

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According to a large, cluster-randomized clinical trial, controlling blood pressure helps protect the brain from dementia — adding to previous results from this study demonstrating reductions in stroke, heart disease and mortality.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1757-1758
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Medicine
Volume	31
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03694-8
Publication status	Published - Jun 2025

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