February 17, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have found that intracranial hemorrhages, or "brain bleeds" caused by a ruptured blood vessel in the brain, double a person’s risk of developing dementia later in life.
While the connection between dementia and ischemic strokes caused by clots that block blood supply to the brain has received more attention, the new study, published Jan. 30 in Stroke, extends previous findings to hemorrhages.
Read the full article at Weill Cornell Medicine News.