Hypertension
Findings in hypertension provide new insights
Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 23rd, 2005
Study 1: Low estrogen levels were found to differentially affect blood pressure in rats depending on their age.
"Normotensive female rats exhibit age-related decreases in estrous cyclicity and increases in blood pressure. In spontaneously hypertensive rats, estrogens, including dietary phytoestrogens, prevent or attenuate the increased blood pressure associated with estrogen depletion," said J.T. Clark and colleagues, Meharry Medical College, Nashville.
This team investigated "the effects of ovariectomy (OVX) [in rats] at either 3 or 10...
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