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Article: 5 Cheap Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure; While hypertension affects about 1 in 3 adults, there are simple ways to do something about it.
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- September 22, 2008
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Byline: Adam Voiland
About 1 in 3 adults has high blood pressure, but many people don't do a good job of controlling the problem because medications can be pricey. And doctors may not be doing all they can, either. According to new research (http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2008/09/19/many-doctors-dont-know-blood-pressure-guidelines.html), released last week during the annual meeting of the American Heart Association's Council for High Blood Pressure Research, many doctors fail to follow national guidelines that call for treating people above the 120/80 level. Here, then, is an online calculator ...