A worse killer than cancer, high blood pressure each year causes the death of countless thousands of its estimated 6,000,000 U.S. victims. Last week a reassuring new manual for laymen reported that modern medicine can do much to tame the disease. Written by able specialist Dr. Irvine Heinly Page of Indianapolis this extraordinarily readable book (Hypertension; Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Ill.; $1.50) is calculated to calm most panicky patients.
Blushers, Cheer Up. No one knows exactly what causes high blood pressure; it is not, as many suppose, merely old age or overindulgence in...
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