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Monitors Urged For All With High Blood Pressure

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Posted: Fri., May 23, 2008, 07:27 am
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Topics: Anemia, Blood Conditions, American Heart Association, Prevention, Prevention, News
     

(AP) Everyone with high blood pressure — some 72 million Americans — should own a home monitor and do regular pressure checks, the American Heart Association and other groups urged Thursday in an unprecedented endorsement of a medical device for consumers.

High blood pressure is a leading cause of heart attacks, strokes and death. Having it checked a few times a year in a doctor's office or at the drugstore is not enough to keep tabs on it, and regular home monitoring is more accurate, the new advice says.

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