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Over-diagnosis: High Blood Pressure

Dr Mark Porter asks whether doctors can try too hard in the early detection of disease and investigates the overdiagnosis of hypertension. This week he discovers that as many as 3 million people who have been told they have high blood pressure may not actually have it - could you be one of them?

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Wed 22 Aug 2012 15:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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  • Tue 21 Aug 2012 21:00
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  • Wed 22 Aug 2012 15:30
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