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Tuesday, September 15th, 2015

Now I Know What Your Blood Pressure Should Be

Author:     Marc Siegel, M.D.
Source:     Slate Magazine
Publication Date:     Sept. 14 2015 4:56 PM
 Link: Now I Know What Your Blood Pressure Should Be
Stephan:   Read this article carefully and go talk to your physician if you have high blood pressure and hypertension.
Credit: Photo illustration by Juliana Jiménez. Photo by Thinkstock.

Credit: Photo illustration by Juliana Jiménez. Photo by Thinkstock.

It’s easy to get confused by the overly dramatic daily news about health and medicine. One day coffee is great for you, the next day it interferes with

sleep and leads to illness. One day the plague is back, the next day it’s Ebola or West Nile virus that’s capturing attention. Health care stories ebb and flow as seen through the skewed eye of TV news.

But every now and then, a story comes along that literally changes the way I and other doctors practice medicine. It is difficult to overstate the importance of such a story.

One of the clues that we are in the medical research big leagues is when a study is stopped early for dramatic, clear findings. That’s what occurred this past week with the National Institutes of Health–sponsored Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial, or SPRINT. Another clue is when the study is prospective (studying […]

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3 Comments

  1. Steve Hovland on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 6:28 am

    Maybe. And maybe, as with cholesterol recommendations lowering, this is mainly about moving more product.

  2. Steve Hovland on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 6:41 am

    If you know enough about modern propaganda techniques you can recognize this article for what it really is.

  3. Steve Hovland on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 6:46 am

    Also note that he ends with an attack on nutrition as a pathway to health.