Professor Julian Paton, the senior author and director of Manaaki Manawa, the Centre of Research at the University of Auckland says: “We’ve known for a long time that hypertension and diabetes are inextricably linked and have finally discovered the reason, which will now inform new treatment strategies.”
Scientists at the universities of Auckland and Bristol are preparing to test a novel medication on patients with a potentially fatal combination of high blood sugar and high blood pressure, after promising findings in animal studies. The team of international collaborators has just had their findings published in preeminent scientific journal Circulation Research.
Around one in four people will experience high blood pressure at some time in their life, but despite it being so common, it is poorly controlled in half of those people. Meanwhile, Aotearoa New Zealand has some of the worst statistics for diabetes in the world.
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