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Hypertension is a leading medical problem in the U.S., and except in the very extremes, it is asymptomatic. It is a disease with a specific finding.

Doctors made house calls in the days when they had a small range of medications and therapies to offer and didn’t have immediate access to X-rays or ultrasounds.

The data come from the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) trial, which gave us the DASH diet. The DASH diet begins with a reduction of sodium; it was, after all, designed to reduce hypertension.

Join ACSH directors of bio-sciences and medicine Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein as they break down these stories on episode 16 of the Science Dispatch podcast:

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