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When it comes to your health, being your own doctor usually isn't the smartest idea. But new evidence suggests that if you're one of the 1.5 billion people around the world with high blood pressure, you may be better off taking control of your own treatment than relying on a doctor...
Researchers at Group Health in Seattle, a nonprofit health care system that helps patients find appropriate care and coverage, found that patients with high blood pressure who were given access to a pharmacist and a Web-based self-monitoring system were able to control their hypertension better than patients who underwent traditional physician care, which involved several office visits per year. The self-check group was able to drop nearly 30 points off its readings on average over the year-long study period...
...Controlling hypertension is particularly suited for this kind of application of technology," says Dr. Daniel Jones, president of the American Heart Association and dean of the school of medicine at University of Mississippi Medical Center. "We have been using the standard approach for many years with disappointing results. Only about one-third of patients with high blood pressure have it controlled properly, and among those on treatment, only half are able to control their blood pressure...
...pharmacist saw the most dramatic decline in blood pressure - a nearly 28-point lower measurement in the top number, or systolic reading, compared with the traditionally treated group. "We were surprised that the Web-based model had such a good effect, especially in those with more difficult-to-control hypertension," says lead author Dr. Beverly Green. "These people were three times more likely to get their blood pressure under control with the help of the pharmacist than those in the standard-care group...
...over a proposal to distribute contraceptives at Gloucester High School, principal Dr. Joseph Sullivan said he was surprised that no reporter had approached him for his take on the matter. If they had, Sullivan told TIME on June 11, he would have explained straightaway that "a lack of birth control played no part" in a quadrupling of the number of teen pregnancies at the school this year compared with last year. "That bump was because of seven or eight sophomore girls," Sullivan told TIME. "They made a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies together...