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Overtreating mild hypertension, are we doing more harm than good?

Sep 12, 201421 min
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Episode description

Stephen Martin, an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, thinks we're overtreating otherwise healthy patients who have mild hypertension. In this podcast he sets out his argument, and explains why prescribing drugs to these people may actually be doing more harm than good. Read the full analysis article:

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/doi/10.1136/bmj.g5432

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