blood pressure treatment guidelines should be revised, study says /

Based on trials over two decades,study says millions of lives could be saved by lowering threshold at which pressure is treatedMillions of lives could be saved by giving blood pressure lowering drugs to people at risk of heart attack and stroke even if they bear normal pressure, researchers bear said.
Based on an analysis of 123 medical trials involving more than 600000 people over two decades, and the team called for an urgent review of existing treatment guidelines.
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Source: theguardian.com