More People Using Hypertension Medications Despite the Condition’s Stable Rates

Published on March 7, 2024

More people are taking antihypertension medications even though the overall rate of hypertension throughout the nation has remained relatively stable, according to a report presented by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in an issue of the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). The report reflects a need for public health policy that increases the awareness of hypertension and the lifestyle and treatment choices that can help manage the condition, the CDC wrote. According to the report, between 2017 and 2021, the nationwide rate of hypertension hovered steadily around 30 percent, while the use of medications to treat the condition increased by three percentage points. The CDC noted that these numbers were approximate, as the prevalence of hypertension and use of antihypertension medications varied by age, sex, race, ethnicity, education, and state of residence....

Continue reading on website
Other news

New Hampshire Lawmakers Approve Bill to Allow Arrest of Illegal Immigrants for Criminal Trespass

March 7, 2024
The New Hampshire Senate approved a bill today that would allow local and state law enforcement to sidestep federal border agents and arrest migrants crossing illegally into the northern New England state.“At the northern border, nearly eight percent of encounters are with single adults, military-age men from hostile nations, and not families,” said state Sen. Rachel Caron in urging passage of the

Appeals Court Rejects GOP Challenge to New York’s No-Excuse Absentee Ballot Law

March 7, 2024
An appeals court has dismissed a Republican-led legal challenge that sought to declare New York’s Early Mail Voter Act, which expands absentee voting, as unconstitutional.A panel of judges with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York issued an order on March 7, granting a motion to dismiss an appeal that was lodged by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who sought to overturn