Size is everything when it comes to high blood pressure

The body’s smallest organ dictates your blood pressure. The size of a grain of rice, the carotid body, located between two major arteries that feed the brain with blood, has been found to control your blood pressure. New research indicates that the carotid bodies appear to be a cause of high blood pressure, and as such now offer a new target for treatment.

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