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What to know about High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

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Depending on your personal medical history and open discussion with your physician, this will guide your treatment plan. The Joint National Committee 2003 defines hypertension as systolic of 140 mmHg and higher or diastolic 90 mmHg and higher. At that time, you may need to start to incorporate blood pressure medications.

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Influential women in the history of medicine

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We are celebrating some of history’s most influential women in life sciences and their extraordinary achievements and contributions that have saved countless lives and continue to inspire generations of women in medicine to this day. She was raised in a forward-thinking, socially active family. Metrodora (c.

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