James P. Sheppard, PhD, research lecturer and Sir Henry Dale fellow in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford in the UK and lead author of the study “Benefits and Harms of Antihypertensive Treatment in Low-Risk Patients with Mild Hypertension,” published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
A new study challenges US guidelines to treat everyone with mild hypertension with medication.
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