Millions of Americans woke up with high blood pressure

[Baker Boy 1,485]

Under New Guidelines, Millions More Americans Will Need to Lower Blood Pressure

 

The nations leading heart experts on Monday issued new guidelines for high blood pressure that mean tens of millions more Americans will meet the criteria for the condition, and will need to change their lifestyles or take medicines to treat it.

 

Under the guidelines, formulated by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology, the number of men under age 45 with a diagnosis of high blood pressure will triple, and the prevalence among women under age 45 will double.

 

Those numbers are scary, said Dr. Robert M. Carey, professor of medicine at the University of Virginia and co-chair of the committee that wrote the new guidelines.

 

The number of adults with high blood pressure, or hypertension, will rise to 103 million from 72 million under the previous standard. But the number of people who are new candidates for drug treatment will rise only by an estimated 4.2 million people, he said. To reach the goals others may have to take more drugs or increase the dosages.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/health/blood-pressure-treatment-guidelines.html

 

Just one reason our healthcare costs continue to rise.

 

It is 2017 and we still have a one size fits all medical mentality. You would think we could get much more and much better out of a trillion dollar industry.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

Pfew. I am still under thanks to recent medications.

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,584]

Oh good get more people on meds

[Baker Boy 1,485]

Oh good get more people on meds

That is how the Swamp works, they feed each other.

[NorthernVike 2,080]

More proof Big Pharma owns the guberment.

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This is funny because there was recently a study which suggested a higher cutoff for older people. Then again, people will just assume everything is OK if their high BP doesn't cause symptoms right away or meds don't immediately correct the problem.

[penultimatestraw 473]

Oh good get more people on meds

Or get them to stop eating like sh!t and exercise consistently

[NorthernVike 2,080]

Or get them to stop eating like sh!t and exercise consistently

Fock that, give me a magic pill so I live forever

[penultimatestraw 473]

Fock that, give me a magic pill so I live forever

Damn doctors and pharma made me fat and lazy

[Hardcore troubadour 12,643]

Or get them to stop eating like sh!t and exercise consistently

You and Digby have poor bedside manner. I wish our resident health professionals would be nicer.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

You and Digby have poor bedside manner. I wish our resident health professionals would be nicer.

 

I wish they didn't have sausage fingers.