Hypertension Disease Can Cause Memory Loss, Dementia, and Alzheimer’s | The Diabetes Club

thediabetesclub.com — If you have hypertension, you have a higher risk of suffering in your older years from memory loss. You are also at risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s. Why? Because hypertension disease reduces blood flow to the area of your brain that controls memory and learning. This in turn causes these areas to receive fewer nutrients which are necessary for your normal brain functioning. Dec 31, 2010 View in Crawl 4