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New blood pressure guidelines recommend earlier treatment and skipping alcohol
- brandonb 1y agoThese new guidelines make use of a new heart disease risk model, PREVENT. PREVENT predicts the risk of a heart attack, stroke, or other major cardiovascular event over the next 10 years or 30 years. Blood pressure is the strongest individual input into PREVENT. The other inputs--cholesterol, kidney function from eGFR, A1c, etc--are biomarkers from a blood test. Many blood tests are available online for <$200: https://www.empirical.health/product/comprehensive-health-panel https://www.empirical.health/product/comprehensive-health-pa...