A recent study has found a link between hypertension and dementia. The research indicates that patients with high blood pressure are at a higher risk of developing dementia. This research also shows (for the first time) that an MRI can be used to detect very early signatures of neurological damage in people with high blood pressure before any symptoms of dementia occur. The clinical approach to treatment of dementia patients usually starts only after symptoms are clearly evident. However it has becoming increasingly clear that when signs of brain damage are manifest it may be too late to reverse the