eye disease linked to memory loss

A study has shown that a person who has or is at risk of having eye disease related to the blood vessels in the retina is also at risk of having memory loss because the blood vessels are also connected to the brain and this correlation shows that the blood vessels in the brain arent functioning too. According to this article, retinopathy causes complications of diabetes and high blood pressure and those conditions have also been linked to memory loss.

here is the link: http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/news/20120314/eye-disease-linked-memory-decline