New approach tested for hard-to-treat hypertension

Monday, May 28, 2012 | 2:00 p.m. CDT; updated 9:12 p.m. CDT, Monday, May 28, 2012

WASHINGTON — "Maxed out on the medications," is how Bill Ezzell describes his struggle with blood pressure. It's dangerously high even though the North Carolina man swallows six different drugs a day.

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