Lowering systolic blood pressure would save more than 100,000 lives per year, study finds

Posted by on September 15, 2016 6:05 pm
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Intensive treatment to lower systolic (top number) blood pressure to below 120 would save more than 100,000 lives per year in the United States, say scientists. Two thirds of the lives saved would be men and two thirds would be aged 75 or older.

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