Discovered: Why Obesity Causes High Blood Pressure (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Discovered: Why Obesity Causes High Blood Pressure

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Swapnil K. Sonkusare, PhD, of the University of Virginia School of Medicine's Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and UVA's Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center.

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Dan Addison | UVA Communications

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