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Measuring your future heart risk – Health Report – ABC News
Many experts agree that too many people are put on medications for blood pressure and cholesterol unnecessarily while others who really need them miss out.
Many experts agree that too many people are put on medications for blood pressure and cholesterol unnecessarily while others who really need them miss out.
The reason is that unless your cholesterol or blood pressure levels are very high, what’s much more important is your risk of a heart attack or stroke bringing together a variety of measures including your gender and age.
But even that misses people who need treatment and overtreats others.
Which is why the Baker Institute in Melbourne is trying…
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