CHECKUP: LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE IMPROVES BRAIN FUNCTION.Byline: - Daily News That high blood pressure is bad and lowering it is good is not new information. A recent UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX study, though, suggests the benefits of bringing blood pressure down to recommended levels go beyond preventing heart disease and stroke. A team of physicians and scientists led by Dr. Edwin J. Jacobson of UCLA announced last week that patients with memory impairment caused by hypertension could improve their cognitive function cognitive function Neurology Any mental process that involves symbolic operations–eg, perception, memory, creation of imagery, and thinking; CFs encompasses awareness and capacity for judgment by lowering their blood pressure levels. ``What led us to undertake this study were compelling observations of improved cognitive function in patients with high blood pressure and memory decline who were being treated with calcium channel blockers Calcium Channel Blockers Definition Calcium channel blockers are medicines that slow the movement of calcium into the cells of the heart and blood vessels. to control their hypertension,'' said Jacobson. The study involved 66 patients with hypertension and cognitive function 20 to 40 percent below normal. After 24 weeks on blood pressure medications, the patients' memory, concentration and information processing improved by an average of 15 to 40 percent, the study results noted. MIND-BODY CONNECTION?: The Charles R. Drew Dr. Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an African-American physician and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge in developing large-scale Center for Natural Medicine & Prevention is seeking 184 African-Americans who suffer from heart disease or diabetes for a continuing study on the possible benefits of transcendental meditation Transcendental Meditation, service mark for a religious movement based on Vedanta philosophy, founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Stressing natural meditation and the liberating pleasures such practices could invoke, the movement's meditation method is believed to help . Findings from a study involving 60 people, published recently in the American Heart Association's journal Stroke, showed that meditating for 20 minutes twice a day could help reduce the amount of plaque in the carotid artery carotid artery n. 1. An artery that originates on the right from the brachiocephalic artery and on the left from the aortic arch, runs upward into the neck and divides opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage, with the external and . The study is financed by the National Institutes of Health. To be a study participant, you must be 18 years or older. Qualified participants will receive all health benefits free and be paid up to $350. For more information, call (323) 563-4999. |
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