Lower blood pressure may preserve kidney function in some patients
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 12:21
in Health & Medicine
Intensively treating hypertension in some African Americans with kidney disease by pushing blood pressure well below the current recommended goal may significantly decrease the number who lose kidney function and require dialysis, suggests a Johns Hopkins-led study publishing in the New England Journal of Medicine Thursday...
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