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Study: Lowering blood pressure helps prevent mental decline

Experts hail 'big breakthrough'

Margaret Graham, 74, has her blood pressure checked while visiting the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Friday, July 13, 2018. She had participated in a multi-year study, published on Wednesday, investigating a connection between high blood pressure and the risk of mental decline. - photo by Associated Press

blood pressure — Margaret Graham, 74, has her blood pressure checked while visiting the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Friday, July 13, 2018. She had participated in a multi-year study, published on Wednesday, investigating a connection between high blood pressure and the risk of mental decline. - photo by Associated Press

CHICAGO — Lowering blood pressure more than usually recommended not only helps prevent heart problems, it also cuts the risk of mental decline that often leads to Alzheimer's disease, a major study finds.

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