Should Borderline Blood Pressure Cases Take Drugs?, ANMO Research Centre Study

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ABC News Local -- Current heart health guidelines suggest that healthy adults whose blood pressure is higher than normal but below a level that would pose a significant risk for cardiovascular disease are not the best candidates for drug therapy. Instead, these patients exist in limbo with "pre-high blood pressure" or "pre-hypertension," which is a blood pressure between 120/80 and 140/90.

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