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Rice Diet Improves Survival, Blood Pressure, and Eye Changes in 544 Patients with Malignant-Hypertension

2026-01-12 nutrition Title + abstract only
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BackgroundThe sodium-restricted rice diet (RD) was once the only effective treatment for malignant hypertension (MH); however, a modern, comprehensive data analysis is lacking. We determined patient survival and ocular improvements in 544 MH patients treated between 1942-1982. MethodsAt entry, systolic blood pressure (SBP) was [≥]170 mmHg and retinal hemorrhage (n = 312), hemorrhage with papilledema (n= 211) or papilledema alone (n = 21) were present. Dates of death were available for 454 pa...

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