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Article: Blood pressure drugs can prevent heart attacks and stroke, even in the very old, studies find
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- April 1, 2008
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Two big studies offer good news to people with high blood pressure, finding that novel ways to use cheap drugs already on the market can lower their risk of heart attacks, stroke and death _ even if they are very old.
Both studies were stopped early so the surprising benefits could be made known. Doctors presented results Monday at an American College of Cardiology conference in Chicago.
"It is never too late to start" on blood pressure drugs, said Dr. Nigel Beckett of Imperial College in London, who led one study in the elderly that also was published online by the New England Journal of Medicine.
More than 70 million Americans have high blood pressure _ ...