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Anchor lead: High blood pressure may escape detection in the doctor’s office but be very risky, Elizabeth Tracey reports Masked hypertension describes the case where a person’s blood pressure is normal while in a physician’s office, but is high elsewhere. …

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Anchor lead: Programs providing support for children benefit us all, Elizabeth Tracey reports Social support programs are in the crosshairs when it comes to government cost-cutting, particularly those for children, but a recent report demonstrates that such strategies don’t work …

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Anchor lead: How long should someone take an antidepressant? Elizabeth Tracey reports A recent report cited troubling symptoms for some people when they stop taking antidepressant medications. Ramin Mojtabi, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins who assisted in the report’s data …

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