American doctors prescribe more drugs for blood pressure, get lower readings than Europeans

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

CHICAGO -- High blood pressure is controlled better in the United States than in five Western European countries, a study found, and researchers credit American doctors' more aggressive prescribing of drugs.

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