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(CN) The metrics used to define the state of the pandemic have shifted. From discussion of hospital capacity, case and death rates only months ago to the current most-invoked parameter: how many Americans have been vaccinated.
After a six-month push one that was largely decentralized, with state and local governments left to create their own rollout plans as many called for more federal oversight the United States crossed a notable halfway mark on Tuesday, fully vaccinating 50% of adults.
The news comes on the heels of relaxed indoor mask guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control, signaling yet another shift in the state of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Landmark study confirms that controlled blood pressure is key to prevent stroke, heart disease
Follow-up data from the landmark SPRINT study of the effect of high blood pressure on cardiovascular disease have confirmed that aggressive blood pressure management lowering systolic blood pressure to less than 120 mm Hg dramatically reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke, and death from these diseases, as well as death from all causes, compared to lowering systolic blood pressure to less than 140 mm Hg. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) is the upper number in the blood pressure measurement, 140/90, for example.
In findings published in the May 20, 2021 issue of the
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