Do You Know Your Blood Pressure? Your Brain Depends on It

About 116 million people in this country alone (nearly half of all adults) have high blood pressure, and it's uncontrolled in 46% of them.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Nearly half of American adults (47%) have high blood pressure, which increases your risk for heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and dementia

• 95% of seniors between the ages of 60 and 90 have lesions in the white matter of their brains, and those with high blood pressure tend to have more white matter lesions and a higher risk for deme…