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Very nicely done 1 page decision tree on high blood pressure.  Clear, understandable (for both patients and providers).  Why can’t we do this with other chronic disease risk factors so that people can...

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BMC Medicine | Full text | Pre-hypertension – another “pseudo-disease”?

Very interesting and thoughtful commentary on whether pre-hypertension is just another pseudo-disease in search of a false cure, or whether it’s an actual problem for which therapy will prove useful....

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Isometric Exercise Training for Blood Pressure Management: A Systematic...

Interesting result for blood pressure benefits from isometric exercise. Frankly, it’s a much better reduction in blood pressure than I would have expected. From a meta analysis of randomized controlled...

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Elderly men with high blood pressure lower death risk with moderate fitness —...

Even moderate fitness cuts the death rate for older men with high blood pressure. The mortality benefit is up to a nearly 50% reduction is death risk at the highest fitness level. Elderly men with high...

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BP Guidelines: No Simple Answers

Is there any rationality left in American medicine? Guidelines confuse even the experts. A pox on all their houses, I say. BP Guidelines: No Simple Answers. Click on the link to buy Surviving Workplace...

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High protein diets lead to lower blood pressure, study finds — ScienceDaily

Eleven-year long study follows twins to learn whether protein intake affects blood pressure. Contrary to popular wisdom, a high protein diet is associated with a far lower risk of developing high blood...

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Exercise, and Blood Pressure

An excellent, brief, and easy to understand review article on the impact of fitness and exercise (you do the second to achieve the first) on blood pressure. The three most important sentences are at...

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