Chronic estrogen exposure linked to high blood pressure
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have found that long-term estrogen exposure generates excessive levels of a compound, superoxide, which causes stress in the body. The build-up of this compound occurs in an area of the brain that is crucial to regulating blood pressure, suggesting that chronic estrogen induces a build up of superoxide that in turn causes blood pressure to increase.