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Angiotensin receptor blockers associated with lower risk of Alzheimer's disease

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, January 25th, 2010

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)-a particular class of anti-hypertensive medicines-are associated with a striking decrease in the occurrence and progression of dementia. These findings appear in the January issue of the British Medical Journal.

Using data from the Decision Support System Database of the U.S. Department of Health System Veterans Affairs (with information on more than 5 million people), the BUSM researchers looked at records from patients who used ARBs, and compared them with subjects who had a similar health status, but were taking different medications. They found patients...

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