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Skin found to play a role in controlling blood pressure

25 Oct 2017

Skin plays a surprising role in helping regulate blood pressure and heart rate, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge and the...

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Pulmonary hypertension-associated vasculitis

Major global study reveals new hypertension and blood pressure genes

12 Sep 2016

Thirty-one new gene regions linked with blood pressure have been identified in one of the largest genetic studies of blood pressure to date...

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Old drug performs new tricks

21 Sep 2015

Patients with the most dangerous type of high blood pressure will be able to receive far more effective treatment after Cambridge-led research...

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‘Satiety hormone’ leptin links obesity to high blood pressure

04 Dec 2014

Leptin, a hormone that regulates the amount of fat stored in the body, also drives the increase in blood pressure that occurs with weight gain...

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It takes two for improved control of blood pressure

13 Jan 2011

New British-led research shows that starting treatment of blood pressure with two medicines rather than the one produces better and faster results...

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Blood pressure breakthrough holds real hope

07 Oct 2010

Scientists have discovered a mechanism which raises blood pressure in pre-eclampsia, a potentially deadly condition which occurs during pregnancy.

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