Blood Pressure Drugs Increase Risk for Breast Cancer

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'More than 60 million Americans have high blood pressure (high BP) including more than half (54.3%) of all Americans age 65 to 74 years old and almost three quarters (71.8%) of all American blacks in the same age group. High BP is a major risk factor for a heart attack or stroke. In fact, it is generally regarded as the most significant risk factor for a stroke. 

Drugs to lower blood pressure are among the most commonly prescribed medicines in the U.S. More than 678 million blood pressure prescriptions were filled in 2010. All of the current classes of blood pressure lowering drugs possess significant side effects.' 

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Why Having 'Normal' or 'High' Bone Density is Bad For Your Health

'Over the past two decades, millions of older women have been pressured into thinking that because their bones are not as dense as a 30-year old that they have a 'medical condition' treatable with bone-targeting drugs and megadose calcium supplements. 

And yet, research indicates that this new definition of 'normal,' which has disingenuously redefined the natural thinning of the bones that comes with age as a disease, is actually a risk factor for breast cancer. 

In other words, having lower, age-appropriate bone mineral density is healthier.'

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