Healthy heart equals healthy brain

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/aha-hhe031116.php

PUBLIC RELEASE: 16-MAR-2016
Healthy heart equals healthy brain
American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION

A healthy heart may have major benefits for preventing the decline in brain function that sometimes accompanies aging, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association.

Researchers studied a racially diverse group of older adults and found that having more ideal cardiovascular health factors was associated with better brain processing speed at the study's start and less cognitive decline approximately six years later.

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