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Blood Pressure Drugs Cut Elderly Death Rate

Study finds surprise major benefit of treating those over 80

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 1, 2008 10:13 AM CDT

(Newser) – Death rates, heart attacks, and strokes among people over 80 can be cut significantly by common blood pressure medication rarely given to older people, finds a new large-scale study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study found death rates among the...   Read full story »

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