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Researchers show that veins stiffen as we age

10-31-2006 · EurekAlert!

As if creaking joints and hardening of the arteries weren't bad enough, a research team from the University of Delaware and the Christiana Care Health System has now confirmed that even our veins stiffen as we age.And that physiological change may be an important factor in the development of high blood pressure, or hypertension, which currently affects an estimated 65 million Americans, most of them older adults, according to UD researcher William Farquhar.

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