Blood pressure drugs may protect against Alzheimer's

I think that we primary care doctors have known all along that controlling several risk factors that we commonly see not only makes people live longer, but also more "intact" as they age.  I can look back over the last 28 years of practice and see that those patients who went downhill faster were usually suffering from the usual suspects:  diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol. ...

C-Reactive Protein (CRP) levels help to diagnose hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and Alzheimer's disease. By treating hypertension successfully and lowering CRP there seems to be an improvement of Alzheimer's and cardiovascular disease symptoms as well.

All is not as it seems when reported in the press, especially the non-scientific press.

Over the past 15 years there have been several long-term trials which have provided evidence that reduction of systolic pressure in an elderly population prevents the cognitive decline associated with ageing. The most recent studies have demonstrated the prevention of Alzheimer's-like symptoms. These finding provide yet another complelling rationale for the vigorous treament of hypertension, especially...

 This article is important because it  opened a new  avenue to do more research to find  relationship between Relationship between Angiotensin receptor blocker and Alzheime's disease.