In article
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Billy wrote:

In article ,
Bill wrote:

http://www.theheart.org/viewArticle....l_id=tho22oct0
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HYPERTENSION
Reducing heart rate in hypertension is harmful‹or is it just atenolol?
OCTOBER 22, 2008 | Lisa Nainggolan
New York, NY - Slowing the heart rate with beta blockers in people with
hypertension is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular
events and death, a new systematic review shows [1]. Furthermore, the
slower the heart rate, the greater the risk, report Dr Sripal Bangalore
(St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York) and colleagues in the October
28, 2008 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Good article, Bill. Thanks.

I wish this is not true. Something like BP not too invasive as a tool
to get a idea what our well being is in a mechanical way. Simple to
use with many drugs and active life style changes like sodium intake
reduction to get the desired end point. So it seemed and is widely
taken as a given .

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3027275


Years ago normal BP was your age over 100. Perhaps it still is.

Bill

PS Billy thanks for the positive reinforcement !

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Bill