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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. What are some of the complications from having hypertension? Depending on your personal medical history and open discussion with your physician, this will guide your treatment plan.

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

And in 2003, I formed Pallium India with several colleagues with the national agenda, because still then the growth was mostly conveyed to Kerala and a couple of metropolitan cities. And I’ll share that my own relationship with my father, who was a doctor, was a complicated one. I’m not sure he would really approve.

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