Diabetes and hypertension: inextricably linked

The treatment of diabetes and hypertension has become one of the greatest challenges for medical professionals today. It is estimated that by 2025 some 1.56 billion people will have hypertension and by 2030 around 366 million will have diabetes. From October 22nd 2007, Nature Clinical Practice will be presenting a selection of articles from a variety of Nature Publishing Group journals that will focus on these conditions./.../