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What to know about High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

The Joint National Committee 2003 defines hypertension as systolic of 140 mmHg and higher or diastolic 90 mmHg and higher. If you have any further questions or concerns, please talk with your primary care provider at your next appointment. This reading may fluctuate throughout the day. What is my goal?

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GeneSight® Mental Health Monitor Results

Myriad Genetics

I am able to help my family members, taking them to appointments, go to my job—in fact, I was just promoted–without wanting to just run away!” In 2003, he was the co-winner of the AAPOR Innovator’s award for helping to establish the Standard’s Definitions Manual. exclaimed Ms.

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Lead, follow or get out of the way

Physician's Practice

Those who pave new roads and create new paths find the connections between what others have done and what works in their practices. Dr. Christian Chaussy, a urologist in Munich, Germany, noted pitting on the surface of an aircraft as it approached the sound barrier—a unique occurrence caused by the shock wave created in front of a drop of moisture.