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Delving deep into ancestry to help doctors prescribe better hypertension treatments

October 5, 2016 by Ewa

Scientists are investigating whether treatment for high blood pressure can be improved by taking a person’s ethnic heritage into account.

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is common in the general population. A healthy lifestyle alone is not enough to control blood pressure, and drug treatment is required.

There are a wide variety of drugs available and although these are effective and safe, it is often necessary to try different types of drugs and often to use a combination of two or more drugs.

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