High Blood Pressure (Hypertension): Health Tools


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Health tools help you make wise health decisions or take action to improve your health.



Decision Points focus on key medical care decisions that are important to many health problems. Decision Points focus on key medical care decisions that are important to many health problems.
  Should I take medicine for high blood pressure?


Actionsets help people take an active role in managing a health condition. Actionsets are designed to help people take an active role in managing a health condition.
  Monitoring your blood pressure at home
  Taking your high blood pressure medications properly
  Tips for following the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet
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Last updated: April 24, 2007
Author: Robin Parks, MS
Reviewed By: Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine, Ruth Schneider, MPH, RD - Diet and Nutrition
Editors: Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Pat Truman

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