Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2015 2:40:47 GMT 7
New research released -
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/11859149/Aggressively-lowering-blood-pressure-can-be-lifesaving-major-study-finds.html
Lowering blood pressure far below the current guidelines significantly reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes for people aged over 50, a major US government health survey has concluded.
The breakthrough was hailed as "potentially lifesaving information" that reduced the risk of death to patients in the survey by nearly a quater.
Aggressively reducing blood pressure to below 120 - far below the 140 recommended for over 50s or 150 for over 60s - cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes by nearly a third.
"This study provides potentially lifesaving information that will be useful to health care providers as they consider the best treatment options for some of their patients, particularly those over the age of 50," said Gary H. Gibbons, director of the US National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the primary sponsor of the six-year study that is the largest ever of its kind.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/11859149/Aggressively-lowering-blood-pressure-can-be-lifesaving-major-study-finds.html
Lowering blood pressure far below the current guidelines significantly reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes for people aged over 50, a major US government health survey has concluded.
The breakthrough was hailed as "potentially lifesaving information" that reduced the risk of death to patients in the survey by nearly a quater.
Aggressively reducing blood pressure to below 120 - far below the 140 recommended for over 50s or 150 for over 60s - cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes by nearly a third.
"This study provides potentially lifesaving information that will be useful to health care providers as they consider the best treatment options for some of their patients, particularly those over the age of 50," said Gary H. Gibbons, director of the US National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the primary sponsor of the six-year study that is the largest ever of its kind.
