Aggressive BP Targets Will Hike Falling Risk in Older Patients

–Another paper raises new questions about applying SPRINT in the real world Applying the intense blood pressure goals used in SPRINT in a real world elderly population might lead to a dramatic increase in injurious falls, according to a new study from Ireland published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT)…

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SPRINTing to Lower BP Targets? Not So Fast

–Hypertension experts disagree about how to apply SPRINT results in the real world.  Once again blood pressure experts are disagreeing about how to interpret SPRINT and how its results should be applied in the real world. A new study claims that applying the SPRINT results to US patients who meet SPRINT criteria would prevent more…

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Study Questions ‘Lower Is Better’ For Cholesterol

–No added benefit for statin patients who reached very low LDL levels A large observational study suggests that moderate lowering of LDL may be just as effective as intensive lowering. “Our results do not provide support for a blanket principle that lower LDL cholesterol is better for all patients in secondary prevention,” the authors conclude….

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