By Linda Weiford,WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – Tens of millions of Americans didn’t occupy tall blood pressure when they went to bed on Nov. 12 — but they did on Nov. 13.
That’s when the nation’s leading heart health organizations issued new guidelines lowering the diagnostic threshold for determining tall blood pressure.“Its a dramatic shift for patients and physicians alike. What was considered ‘normal’ is no longer normal, or ” said internal medicine physician Dawn DeWitt,associate dean of clinical education at Washington State University’s Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine.46 percent occupy ... » More ...
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