New Research may find a
way to Lower Blood Pressure without Drugs
October 24th 2005
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If you suffer from high blood
pressure like I do, you are always looking for ways to lower it without
medication. We may try to control our breathing or diet. Some of us
(me included) take medications.
It appears that researchers in
London have found the exact location in the brain where blood pressure
is regulated. They have found the exact area of the brain that controls
blood pressure.
The team of neurosurgeons and
physiologists at the Oxford University and Imperial College in London
has found that by stimulating specific regions of the brain with
electrodes, they can make the patient’s blood pressure increase or
decrease.
Similar techniques have been used
to relieve pain and to alleviate symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease. They
found the blood pressure changes were accompanied by analogous changes
in diastolic blood pressure and pulse.
Is it possible that nanotechnology
could be used as an approach to fighting high blood pressure? Daily
News Central reported that Mr. Green, the lead author of the research
paper said "However, other research groups are working on less invasive
methods of stimulating exact locations in the brain -- for example using
nanotechnology -- and if this becomes available, then the treatment
would be attractive to a much larger number of people,"
By Dan Wilson
Best Syndication Staff Writer
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