Cure found for high blood pressure

By David Liu

People with high blood pressure may not have to count on healthy diet, exercise and medications to get their blood pressure under control.  New media reports that a new procedure has been found that can literally restore your high blood pressure to normal levels in hours.

High blood pressure is a risk factor for heart disease, stroke and other disease. There is no cure previously known that can eliminate the health problem that affects millions in the United States.

The small operation is known as renal sympathetic-nerve ablation. What doctors do is to insert a wire into a blood vessel close to the kidneys to burn through nerves to disrupt signals that stimulate high blood pressure.

Better yet, the procedure which reportedly costs thousands of dollars causes no side effects while lowering high blood pressure to normal levels.
 
Dr Paul Sobotka, chief medical officer of Ardian, the company has developed the equipment, was quoted as saying: "For the first time we can think of a cure for hypertension."

High blood pressure or hypertension affects one in every three adults.  Only half of all patients get their blood pressure under control.