Taking evidence-based advice

Tension exists today between those who tout autonomy of thought and action as the highest good and those who seek to impose population-wide solutions to problems based on evidence from rigorous scientific investigation. Studies show that older Americans treated aggressively to control blood pressure to 120 mm Hg or less have a diminished risk of stroke and heart attack with no adverse risk of injury from falls caused by medication compared to those whose target blood pressure is 140 mm Hg. As a result, a lower blood pressure goal is appropriate for the majority of the population over age 50 years based on scientific evidence. (Source: Dental Abstracts)
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