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Poor heart health in middle age linked to dementia in old age – new study

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par David C. Gaze, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Pathology, University of Westminster

For generations, medicine treated the heart and brain as separate domains. However, a new study suggests the two are more closely connected than we thought, especially as we age.

A 25-year study of nearly 6,000 adults found that subtle heart muscle damage in middle age predicts dementia risk decades later.

The research, known as the Whitehall study, tracked UK civil…

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