Researchers Finally Discover Why Obesity Causes High Blood Pressure (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Researchers Finally Discover Why Obesity Causes High Blood Pressure

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Researchers Matteo Ottolini (left) and Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD, have discovered why obesity causes high blood pressure and even reversed it in lab models.

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Dan Addison | UVA Health

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