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* Dr. Irvine H. Page; Studied High Blood Pressure

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Dr. Irvine H. Page, 90, one of the first to recognize that high blood pressure and heart attacks are treatable. Through more than two decades of research at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Page helped shape understanding and treatment of high blood pressure. The clinic, which he directed, discovered compounds in the body that affect blood pressure. He and his staff proved that these multiple compounds, rather than a single source, were responsible for high blood pressure. In Hyannis Port, Mass., on June 10 of a heart attack.

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