{"id":2049,"date":"2020-04-23T20:05:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T20:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctcps.org\/blog\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2020-04-23T20:05:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T20:05:14","slug":"blood-pressure-drugs-are-in-the-crosshairs-of-covid-19-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ctcps.org\/?p=2049","title":{"rendered":"Blood-pressure drugs are in the crosshairs of COVID-19 research"},"content":{"rendered":"
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REUTERS |\u00a0HEALTH NEWS<\/a>\u00a0| APRIL 23, 2020 | 6:12 AM
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(Reuters) – Scientists are baffled by how the coronavirus attacks the body – killing many patients while barely affecting others.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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But some are tantalized by a clue: A disproportionate number of patients hospitalized by COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, have high blood pressure. Theories about why the condition makes them more vulnerable \u2013 and what patients should do about it \u2013 have sparked a fierce debate among scientists over the impact of widely prescribed blood-pressure drugs.\u00a0 Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

REUTERS |\u00a0HEALTH NEWS\u00a0| APRIL 23, 2020 | 6:12 AM Deborah J. Nelson (Reuters) – Scientists are baffled by how the coronavirus attacks the body – killing many patients while barely <\/p>\n

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