Beyond Pharmacotherapy: Lifestyle Counseling Guidance Needed for Hypertension

The 2017 hypertension guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association provide little guidance regarding specific lifestyle and behavioral approaches to prevent and manage hypertension. The goal of this essay is to increase physician awareness of the value and effectiveness of lifestyle interventions for managing hypertension as well as sources of practical, evidence-based information on how to implement these strategies in the clinical setting.

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