Tuesday, November 5, 2013

New Blood Pressure Guidelines Could Prevent 25 Percent of Heart Attacks

A novel way of using blood pressure-lowering drugs could prevent 25 percent of heart attacks and strokes, up to 180,000 a year, finds study. Individualizing treatment recommendations using patients' risk of heart disease after considering multiple factors - such as age, gender and whether or not the patient smokes - is a more effective way to treat patients than current methods. According to authors, current medical guidelines use a one-size-fits-all ...

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