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Zapping Nerves Helps Control High Blood Pressure
CHICAGO (AP) -- Researchers say that a novel treatment shows promise as a possible permanent fix for some people with very high blood pressure who can't control it with medication.

The treatment uses radio waves to zap nerves near the kidneys that fuel high blood pressure. It is done through a tube pushed into an a blood vessel in the groin, much like the angioplasty procedures for opening clogged heart arteries.

In a study of about 100 people, the top number of the blood pressure reading fell 33 points among those who had the treatment. Doctors say that is much better than the less-than-10-point drop many drugs can produce.

Results were reported Wednesday at a heart conference in Chicago.

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