Hypertension: Releasing the pressure at its source
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 14:25
in Health & Medicine
Researchers are eyeing the first new anti-hypertensive drug treatment strategy in more than 15 years, having identified a potential new way of treating high blood pressure, or hypertension, by targeting aberrant nerve signals in the carotid bodies, which sit on the common carotid arteries on each side of the neck.