Water pill works best for high blood pressure

African-Americans are roughly three times as likely as whites to die of illnesses caused by high blood pressure.

Their increased risk is so great that what defines good blood pressure control is now lower for African-Americansgood blood pressure control is now lower for African-Americans than for whites, but new research shows that, in this group, water pills remain the drug of choice for the initial treatment of high blood pressure.

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