Exercise helps severe hypertension patients, study finds.
Regular, moderate exercise reduced the need for medication among African-American men with severe hypertension. The exercise regimen also reduced the incidence of left ventricular hypertrophy, a complication of severe hypertension. Exercise helps severe hypertension patients, study finds. Dr. Peter F. Kokkinos, Dr. Puneet Narayan and Dr. Vasilios Papademetriou from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington. New England Journal of Medicine 1995 November 30.