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The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) recently lead a group of health professional organizations to issue new guidelines for diagnosing high blood pressure. The new guidelines were unveiled on November 13, 2017 at the AHA’s Scientific Sessions 2017, in Anaheim, California. These medical experts have changed the commonly accepted …

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The American Cancer Society recently reported that 322,600 lives have been saved in the 26 years between 1989 and 2015. This was a 39 percent  drop in breast cancer deaths that was attributed to early detection and advances in medical treatments. The report also showed that during that time, there was a decrease in cancer …

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