Topic: Alvaro Alonso

Health issues in middle age can lead to dementia

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who smoke or who have high blood pressure or diabetes in middle age are more likely to develop dementia, a new study has found.The good news is that people who take steps to curb these risk ...
Smoking, hypertension and diabetes in midlife are associated with hospitalization for dementia later in life, according to a study published online Aug. 19 in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.. Alvaro Alonso, M.D., of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and ...
The things that are bad for your heart in the middle years of life -- high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes -- are bad for your brain in later years, new research indicates.. "We found an association not only with ...