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Decoding the Latest High Blood Pressure Recommendations
By Susan Hardin Rocchini, PT, DPT
Based on the recently released new standards for blood pressure, half of Americans will be considered to have high blood pressure. Under the old guidelines, about one-third of Americans had high blood pressure. What has changed? The recently published updated guidelines were based on new research that determined systolic pressure over 130 mmHg to be hypertensive, whereas 140 mmHg was previously considered hypertensive.
Based on the new standards, blood p...
Posted on 2017-11-18