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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?
Last on
Wed 22 Aug 201215:30
BBC Radio 4
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- Tue 21 Aug 201221:00BBC Radio 4
- Wed 22 Aug 201215:30BBC Radio 4
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Inside Health
Series that demystifies health issues, bringing clarity to conflicting advice.

