I was sent this fascinating article, probably obtained from Facebook, the old folks don’t care much about referencing and things like that, so I did not get the reference about the heart. But, the articles I have linked refutes the standard idea that the heart is a mere pump, nothing more than a mechanical system. Instead, the heart is a complex ecological system, with its own neurotransmitters. The movement to a holistic non-mechanistic view of the heart and blood may have profound influence upon treatment of conditions like high blood pressure, I assume. Exactly what, I don’t know.
