Possible Treatment for Hypertension without Medication Tulsa Chiropractor Involved with Research Tulsa based chiropractor, Dr. Robert Brooks, chairman of the research board involved in the study, has been using the specialized NUCCA procedure for thirty years. Commenting on the study, Dr. Brooks asserts that more research needs to be done to be conclusive and we are currently not able to determine in advance which hypertension patients will benefit from the realignment of the atlas vertebrae. As seen on Good Morning America: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4519444 Study shows that realignment of the atlas vertebrae with a specialized chiropractic procedure (NUCCA) can reduce hypertension (blood pressure) in a number of patients. The study shows that the procedure can lower blood pressure. Not all hypertension is a result of the misalignment of the atlas vertebrae and only one chiropractic procedure has been tested. Posted on Web MD: http://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/news/20070316/chiropractic-cuts-blood-pressure Journal of Human Hypertension 22, 1 (30 Aug 2007) G Bakris et al. Abstract Available: http://www.nature.com/jhh/journal/v21/n5/abs/1002133a.html High Blood Pressure Statistics from The American Heart Association: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4621 High blood pressure (hypertension) killed 54,707 people in the United States in 2004. About 73 million people in the United States age 20 and older have high blood pressure. One in three adults has high blood pressure. Of those people with high blood pressure, 71.8 percent were aware of their condition. Of all people with high blood pressure, 61.4 percent were under current treatment, 35.1 percent had it under control, and 64.9 percent did not have it controlled. The cause of 90–95 percent of the cases of high blood pressure isn't known; however, high blood pressure is easily detected and usually controllable. From 1994 to 2004 the death rate from high blood pressure increased 26.6 percent, and the actual number of deaths rose 56.1 percent. Non-Hispanic blacks are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure than are non-Hispanic whites. Within the African-American community, those with the highest rates of hypertension, are more likely to be middle aged or older, less educated, overweight or obese, physically inactive, and to have diabetes. In 2004 the death rates per 100,000 population from high blood pressure were 15.7 for white males, 51.0 for black males, 14.5 for white females and 40.9 for black females.