Vitamin D supplements could be as effective as prescription medicine at reducing high blood pressure, a conference will hear. The once a day tablets, available from chemists, produced reductions in high blood pressure 'as powerful' as medicines, a Danish study has found.  A group to 112 patients with high blood pressure were given the supplements for 20 weeks and showed significant improvements in their condition.The findings were presented at the European Society of Hypertension conference … [Read more...]