High Blood Pressure Screed

It is time for an installment of my recurring screed about the detection and treatment of high blood pressure in the United States.  The spark for this piece is the recently publicized new guidelines for treatment of this important, but largely silent, medical problem. Hypertension, the medical term for high blood pressure, characterizes the excess pressure of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries, either from excess fluid in the vessels and/or from constriction of the vessels.  Picture a garden hose: pressure in the hose increases with a greater flow of water or decreases with a larger diameter of…

by jpwmd April 16, 2026April 16, 2026