High blood pressure -- or hypertension -- affects more than 17 million Britons, or one adult in three. The experiment could offer a new approach for the hundreds of thousands in the UK who take daily tablets for their blood pressure. Read moreOf those who have been diagnosed, hundreds of thousands take daily pills to control their blood pressure. In this small trial blood pressure control was achieved for everyone. “Since the majority of people with high blood pressure have no symptoms, a big part of the battle is identifying who has it.

Source: Hindustan Times February 11, 2017 03:11 UTC