Staying Heart Healthy in Your 20s May Help Cognitive Ability Later On

Young adults with risk factors for cardiovascular disease — high blood pressure, obesity, or high blood sugar levels — may also have a higher risk for greater cognitive declines later in life, suggests a new study. “[The results from our study] are striking and suggest that early adulthood may be a critical time for the relationship between these health issues and late-life cognitive skills,” study author Dr. Kristine Yaffe, a cognitive aging and dementia researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, said in a press release read more