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Max Armstrong says new blood pressure guidelines increase number of Americans with high blood pressure. (audio)

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New guidelines lower threshold for high blood pressure. Plagues nearly half of adults in U.S. It drops to 130 over 80 in advice announced yesterday. That means additional 14% of U.S. adults have high blood pressure.

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