File:White Matter Lesions (48601156232).jpg
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In a nationwide study, researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to scan the brains of hundreds of participants in the National Institutes of Health’s Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) and found that intensively controlling a person’s blood pressure was more effective at slowing the accumulation of white matter lesions than standard treatment of high blood pressure. The results complement a previous study published by the same research group which showed that intensive treatment significantly lowered the chances that participants developed mild cognitive impairment. Read more: <a href="https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/intensive-blood-pressure-control-may-slow-age-related-brain-damage" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/intensive-blood-pre...</a> Credit: SPRINT MIND Investigators, NIH |
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| Author | NIH Image Gallery from Bethesda, Maryland, USA |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by National Institutes of Health (NIH) at https://flickr.com/photos/132318516@N08/48601156232. It was reviewed on 16 March 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark. |
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| current | 04:38, 12 March 2020 | | 4,904 × 6,000 (1.45 MB) | commons>Ser Amantio di Nicolao | Transferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons |
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