If you're around my age (early 50s), then you are probably
old enough to remember the days when standard advice for blood pressure
treatment was based on age.
In the 1970s, for
instance, the rule for blood pressure treatment was "120 plus age." A 50-year
old, for instance, would have been advised that a blood pressure of 165... Read more
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