Monday, April 25, 2011
Did You Know--how 13 million people became unhealthy
When the blood pressure threshold that established the diagnosis of hypertension was lowered from 160 to 140 mm Hg systolic and from 100 to 90 mm Hg diastolic, 13 million previously healthy persons were transformed into patients requiring medication. JAMA, April 6, 2011, review of "Overdiagnosed."
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Murray sez:
I fell into the "unhealthy" group when they lowered the safe total cholesterol level to below 200. It was too late for me however.
I became overweight when the BMI zones changed about a decade ago.
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