Heart Health
Protect your heart, keep your thoughts clear
You know that preventing heart disease is also key to preventing stroke. But did you know heart health is also key to thinking health? "An increasing proportion of what used to be called ‘senile' dementia is turning out to be vascular dementia," says cardiologist Dr. Deepak Bhatt, a professor at Harvard Medical School.
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