Pediatrician Creates Easier Way To Identify Kids' High Blood Pressure

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 21:21 in Health & Medicine

Pediatricians now have a new and simple way to diagnose a serious problem facing our nation's children. Nearly 75 percent of cases of hypertension and 90 percent of cases of prehypertension in children and adolescents go undiagnosed. Researchers hope a simplified chart will improve diagnosis.

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