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Article: STUDY: DIET CAN LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE FOR MANY.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- February 8, 1999
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Byline: ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO -- A new study indicates that high blood pressure can be lowered significantly with a healthy diet and without the need for hypertension medication, particularly among blacks.
``We are talking about a diet with the potential of preventing and treating hypertension and doing it particularly well in people at risk,'' said Dr. Laura Svetkey, associate professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center and lead author of the study.
Researchers reached their conclusions, published in today's edition of the Archives of Internal Medicine, after examining the effects of three dietary patterns on blood pressure in 459 adults with ...