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What to know about High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

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The Joint National Committee 2003 defines hypertension as systolic of 140 mmHg and higher or diastolic 90 mmHg and higher. Dr. Hannah Do MD Family Medicine Physician The post What to know about High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) appeared first on Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine.

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Influential women in the history of medicine

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She was raised in a forward-thinking, socially active family. Curie earned a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903, and yet another in Chemistry in 1911, the first and only woman to have been honoured twice. Throughout history, women have made significant contributions to medicine and we have benefitted from many incredible breakthroughs.

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