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    Another reason to keep your blood pressure down: It can lower your risk of dementia

    by Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times Jul 25, 2018 3 minutes

    For patients with high blood pressure who hope to ward off dementia, doctors have the same advice for those looking to protect their hearts and kidneys: Go lower.

    In a comprehensive new study, researchers found that driving down patients' systolic blood pressure readings to a new lower target level reduced their risk of developing mild cognitive impairment, or MCI, by close to 20 percent. MCI is a decline in memory and thinking skills that is

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