The New Blood Pressure Guidelines And What They Mean For You
Here’s some medical news that I hope doesn’t raise your blood pressure through the roof. The American Heart Association has just lowered the threshold for for the diagnosis of hypertension. The AHA changed the cutoff for normal blood pressure from 140/90 to 130/80, and in that one fell swoop, 46 percent of Americans now meet […]
New Low Back Pain Guidelines
Lower back pain is one of the most common reasons for visits to physicians in the United States. It can be extremely disabling, and can affect every aspect of a patient’s life, which makes it a massive drain on the economy because of lost productivity. There are three categories of lower back pain. Lower back […]
