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High Blood Pressure Shrinks and Ages Your Brain

Two new reasons to check your blood pressure now, even if you’re young

Robert Roy Britt
Elemental
Published in
5 min readNov 11, 2021
Image: Mockup Graphics / Unsplash

Nearly half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, many without realizing it amid a new definition of what’s “high.” So I’m understandably worried about you, given the risk for heart attacks, strokes, and dementia that are…

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Robert Roy Britt
Elemental

Editor of Wise & Well, independent health and wellness journalist, author of Make Sleep Your Superpower.