Control of high blood pressure improving in US, but prevalence not decreasing

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 16:31 in Health & Medicine

About 50 percent of patients with hypertension have adequate control of their blood pressure, meeting a goal of Healthy People 2010, but the rate of hypertension in the U.S. has not decreased in recent years, according to a study in the May 26 issue of JAMA.

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