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By treating your hypertension, you reduce your risk of developing cognitive impairment.

Significantly less dementia by 55% can be obtained by any antihypertensive drug.

But using calcium channel blockers could be more effective in preventing dementia.

Source = Arch Intern Med 2002;162:2046-2052,2090-2096

 

 

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Death of cardiac people can be reduced by 75% by a simple shot of the Flu vaccine plus a reduction in infarction and angina.

Source = Circulation 2002;105:r82-r86

 

 

The World Health Organization recommend the vaccine for cardiac people for a long time ago, but these results are more inportant than expected. Previous studies showed also a reduction in stroke after a shot of flu vaccine. The mechanism of action of the flu vaccine is still not specified but it concerns the inflammatory process.