any blood pressure over 115/75 increases the risk of death from heart disease and stroke
Brand new guidelines from the Joint National Committee on High Blood Pressure now say that any blood pressure over 115/75 increases the risk of death from heart disease and stroke.
And this risk DOUBLES for each 20/10 mmHg increase.
The new JNC 7 guidelines put patients in four categories.
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