A revolutionary new operation which could effectively cure high blood pressure has been developed by scientists, offering hope to hundreds of thousands of sufferers.
In what is being hailed as the most exciting development in the field for 50 years, doctors can treat the condition with a simple procedure in under an hour.
It could allow some sufferers to come off medication completely and offer hope for those for whom existing treatments have no effect.
The technique, which is relatively straightforward and cheap for the NHS, could reduce the risk of a major heart attack or stroke in such patients by half.
The Daily Telegraph can disclose that the new procedure, which involves placing tiny burns on a nerve responsible for high blood pressure in some people, has been carried out in Britain for the first time.
It is part of an international clinical trial which could lead to the new treatment being offered on the NHS.
An estimated 15 million people in Britain suffer from high blood pressure, also known as hypertension – around half of them undiagnosed. Read more…
