Article 6VSY1 New treatment could cure one in 20 cases of high blood pressure

New treatment could cure one in 20 cases of high blood pressure

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Denis Campbell Health policy editor
from Science | The Guardian on (#6VSY1)

TTT therapy burns away nodules that lead to salt buildup in body, which increases risk of stroke or heart attack

Half a million people in the UK with dangerously high blood pressure - a silent killer" that causes tens of thousands of deaths a year - could be cured by a new treatment.

Doctors have developed a technique to burn away nodules that lead to a large amount of salt building up in the body, which increases the risk of a stroke or heart attack.

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