More than 60% of older persons in the United States suffer from hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure. Hypertension is defined as an increase in blood pressure above normal. Blood pressure is measured as systolic pressure over diastolic pressure. Systolic pressure occurs when blood is pumped into the arteries as the heart contracts. Diastolic […]
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ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION IN THE ELDERLY-
* PLEASE WATCH MY ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION THAT WAS UPLOADED AFTER THIS ONE–This video talks about the fact that you can’t always trust information that conflicts with established medical literature, even when an MD tells you. The video subject’s relative, an MD, argued with him about what constituted hypertension in the elderly, showing that doctor’s […]