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Half of US adults have high blood pressure in new guidelines
AP ^ | 11/14/2017 | MARILYNN MARCHIONE

Posted on 11/14/2017 8:07:20 AM PST by spintreebob

Edited on 11/14/2017 9:22:06 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bloodpressure; bpguidelines; health; healthcare; heartdisease
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To: Jeff Chandler
That's known as "White Coat Syndrome."

Is that related to "Cute Nurse Syndrome?

41 posted on 11/14/2017 8:47:30 AM PST by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Move the goalposts, sell more prescription meds.

Stock in Lisinopril should now soar. Funny how such "science" works to enrich big pharma.

42 posted on 11/14/2017 8:48:36 AM PST by MamaDearest
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To: DungeonMaster

If they had, maybe could have lived to over 1,000 yrs. old.


43 posted on 11/14/2017 8:49:49 AM PST by OLDCU
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To: Vermont Lt
Yeah...I am not sure if basing your healthcare on people who normally did not live past 40 is a good idea. But, if you want to throw caution to the wind...feel free.

40 years is nonsense.

Psalm 90:10 The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years,

44 posted on 11/14/2017 8:50:30 AM PST by DungeonMaster (Goblins, Orcs and the Undead: Metaphors for the godless left.)
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To: redgolum
Most didn’t make it that long till something like high blood pressure could get them.

Ever notice how long Adam and his first 10 generations of descendants lived?

45 posted on 11/14/2017 8:52:02 AM PST by DungeonMaster (Goblins, Orcs and the Undead: Metaphors for the godless left.)
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To: Alberta's Child
That's exactly right. The ultimate objective is to have 100% of the population diagnosed with some form of malady that requires expensive medical intervention.

And many times, the meds will damage your kidneys...you get to go on dialysis!
46 posted on 11/14/2017 8:57:41 AM PST by CatQuilt (Lover of cats =^..^= and quilts)
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To: spintreebob

Yes
Read the article


47 posted on 11/14/2017 8:58:24 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: DungeonMaster

They were ignorant as even primative


48 posted on 11/14/2017 9:00:02 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: Hyman Roth

Fear


49 posted on 11/14/2017 9:02:16 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: spintreebob

As an amateur engineer and a former pilot, I am appealed that doctors make major decisions based on ONE data point.

After having my triple-bypass I took my BP several times each day, before & after eating, exercise, hot showers, etc. I did this for two or three weeks then entered all readings into a spreadsheet. I then sorted the resultant table according to the various parameters, printing out a graph each time.

When I took these to my cardiologist he said, “Oh, i don’t need those.”

Fast forward 12 years & three stents later. Made a new set BP measurements and graphs and took them to a new cardiologist. He asked if he could have them for a few minutes. I replied, “They’re yours to keep.” He said, “I want to take these down the hall to show to my colleagues. We’ve never had a patient do this!”

After he finished my follow-up heart cath he told me, “Your stents are clean as a whistle and your three grafts look like they were done last month.”

Both this cardiologist and the one who did my stents in 2010 at the VA hospital in Baltimore asked me who did my bypasses. When I replied, “Dr. Lucky at the VA hospital in Asheville, NC.” both of these doctors replied, “Oh, he does NICE work!”

Thank you, Dr. Lucky, for an additional 14 & 1/2 years, so far!


50 posted on 11/14/2017 9:06:40 AM PST by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: spintreebob

Great news—more pharma sales!


51 posted on 11/14/2017 9:06:48 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: taxcontrol

I recommend taking your BP monitor in with you when you see the doc and check it against what the doc reads. It also might be worth while to request a larger cuff at the doctor’s office.

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Good advice. I’ve done that. The cuff I use at home agrees with the ones in the doctor’s offices.


52 posted on 11/14/2017 9:11:37 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: spintreebob

My doctor takes my blood pressure and then takes it again.
I don’t fit the medical community models.
My pulse rate ranges from 40 to 50 beats per minute and my blood pressure runs from 75/45 up to 90/55 if I’ve been working hard.
Forget the treadmill test. the highest I’ve ever gotten on a treadmill was 95/60 with a pulse rate of 60.
Since the doc doesn’t understand why my physiology is so different, he still prescribes the standard set of pills, because I did have a heart attack 28 years ago.


53 posted on 11/14/2017 9:15:43 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Men stand up for freedom; slaves kneel before their masters.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Bingo!

Avoid doctors ( and cops and lawyers and mothers-in-law) as much as practicable. Eat well, work hard, de-stress and Praise God Almighty for your blessings.


54 posted on 11/14/2017 9:19:39 AM PST by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: spintreebob

If you really want to mess with the blood pressure readings, raise you non-tested arm straight up. It will add 40 to 50 to all the readings.


55 posted on 11/14/2017 9:25:30 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Men stand up for freedom; slaves kneel before their masters.)
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To: Hyman Roth

White coat syndrome. I’ve had it since my early teen years. Since Obamacare I have had to switch doctor’s and I don’t think the new one believes me. I’m like doc if my blood pressure was normally this high I would have been dead years ago. Hate going to the doctor as I can’t stop the butterflies.


56 posted on 11/14/2017 9:28:33 AM PST by TBall
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To: DungeonMaster

There was an awful lot of smoting going on back then.

And not enough begotting. :-)


57 posted on 11/14/2017 9:33:37 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: spintreebob

Nice way to make more people appear sick, change the guidelines.


58 posted on 11/14/2017 9:39:05 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Vermont Lt

Clearly, you never read the Bible.


59 posted on 11/14/2017 9:40:16 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: fortheDeclaration

Bad for us older truck drivers trying to keep our licenses just to make a living.
This is real bad.


60 posted on 11/14/2017 9:43:42 AM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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