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High Blood Pressure Common, Undertreated In Diabetics
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, January 13th, 2002
Of those with diabetes and high blood pressure, 71% are aware of their high blood pressure and 57% are taking medication for the problem. Both of these numbers are higher than for the general population.
"However, greater awareness and treatment efforts did not result in better control," says lead author Linda S. Geiss, MA, of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The study appears in the January 2002 issue of the American Journal of Preventive...
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