Blood pressure slightly above normal? You may still be at increased risk of stroke

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 16:00 in Health & Medicine

People with prehypertension have a 55 percent higher risk of experiencing a future stroke than people without prehypertension, report researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in a new meta-analysis of scientific literature published in the September 28 online issue of the journal Neurology.

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