date:Jun 06, 2012
(BP) greater than 140 and 90 mmHg, is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) - a disease that causes almost 50 per cent of deaths in Europe, and reported to cost the EU economy an estimated 169bn ($202bn) per year.
Study details
Figuero and his co-workers recruited 14 adults with prehypertension or stage 1 hypertension and with an average age of 58 to participate in their clinical trial. Participants were assigned to receive the watermelon extract (provided by Milne Fruit Produc