Steady Recall

Memory after sixty, from a retired hospital pharmacist

Blood pressure

How the health of your blood vessels, heart and blood sugar affects memory and clarity after sixty, and what to measure and ask your doctor.

  • Blood pressure, sugar, heart and brain

    Most of what worries us about memory after sixty starts in the plumbing, not the filing. The Cuff in the Hall Drawer I keep a blood-pressure cuff in the drawer by the front door, next to the tape measure and the spare light bulbs. It is not there for emergencies. It is there because pressure…