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A viewer asks: “High blood pressure is conventionally regarded as a health risk and that lowering it reduces risk, especially in moderate-to-severe systolic BP of 140-159 mmHg. Dr. Malcolm Kendrick author of Doctoring Data claims that cardiovascular risk increases more steeply after systolic BP reaches around 160-170 mmHg—well beyond the 140/90 threshold often used to diagnose and treat hypertension. A rule of thumb in medicine is that for older individuals, a systolic BP of around 100 + age is a reasonable upper limit beyond which cardiovascular risks increase significantly. Is hypertension over-treated, given that aggressively lowering blood pressure—especially in older individuals—can be harmful?”
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A viewer asks: “A 2018 book, Medical Nihilism, by Jacob Stegenga claims the healthcare system over-adopts treatments and under-recognizes risks. He states confidence in the effectiveness of medical interventions should be low because empirical evidence for the efficacy of many treatments is weak due to methodological flaws, publication bias, the influence of commercial interests. He claims positive studies are more likely to be published, screening programs tend to detect and treat cancers that would never cause harm, common treatments can cause long-term complications, short trial durations miss long-term harms etc. How accurate is his view that evidence is systematically skewed and harms are undercounted?”
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A viewer asks: “Dr. Bernard Lown, a Harvard cardiologist in the 1980s, criticized the rapid rise of surgical Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts (CABG), noting 20–40% were potentially avoidable, especially in stable angina, and many patients had uncertain survival benefit. He advocated medical therapy—nitrates, beta-blockers, lifestyle changes—for symptom control. How accurate is it to say that in 2026, evidence-based guidelines and trials have reduced avoidable CABG to <10% for high-risk, guideline-selected patients, and that for low-risk, stable patients, surgery rarely improves survival, and that beta-blockers, nitrates, ACE inhibitors, lifestyle changes are to be preferred?”
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A viewer writes: “I’m having severe cardiac issues and high blood pressure. Not responding to medication. Also I’m having memory issues that I told you about previously and fear of world events.” Can you tell us if any of these issues are viral in origin and whether he would benefit from taking an antiviral regimen?
ClosedNicola asked 2 years ago • 
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Metabolic syndrome associated with insulin resistance, is characterized by 3 or more of the following issues: abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, elevated fasting glucose, triglyceride elevation, and/or low levels of high density lipoprotein. This leads to Type II diabetes and is a risk factor for heart disease. Is metabolic syndrome primarily a virus-caused set of problems, and if so, in what percentage of cases? Can this be reversed through divine healing requests?
ClosedNicola asked 2 years ago • 
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A viewer asks: “I thought I was handling things pretty well but was just at the doctor’s and my blood pressure, which has always been low, is very high. (I checked it again at home and was shocked at the numbers,) I eat very healthy, walk nearly every day and meditate often. So, I am ascribing it to the amount of anxiety that I am carrying around—and PTSD from all we’ve gone through with my son and his addiction…now, my husband and his considerable medical issues (upcoming cancer surgery). I often have a “is the other shoe is going to drop” feeling. I have a hard time staying in the present…’What if’s’ seem to haunt me.” How can we best help her? What is the cause of her high blood pressure?
ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • 
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