BBC News - High blood pressure patients 'benefit' from therapy

More people took their medication after one-to-one sessions

Patients with high blood pressure would benefit from a series of personal advice sessions on their medication, say UK researchers.

Writing in the Journal of Human Hypertension, they said many of the 10 million people with the condition in the UK fail to take their medication.

The study showed a 14% reduction in blood pressure when people took part in "adherence therapy".

The British Heart Foundation said the findings should not be ignored. [...]

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