India, Aug. 18 -- The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology have recently released their first new guidelines on controlling high blood pressure since 2017.
"By addressing individual risks earlier and offering more tailored strategies across the lifespan, the 2025 guideline aims to aid clinicians in helping more people manage their blood pressure and reduce the toll of heart disease, kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes and dementia," said chair of the guideline writing committee Daniel Jones.
The guidelines, which doctors across the country will use, strongly advise limiting alcohol. Completely avoiding alcohol is best, but if people do drink, men should have no more than two drinks per day and women no more than o...