Why your GP should be your lifelong friend


Your family GP should be monitoring your blood pressure regularly to catch hidden health risks early and prevent severe complications like heart disease and stroke. — Magnific

Doctor, my blood pressure is normal already, so I stopped taking the medicine.

Almost every general practitioner (GP) has heard some version of this sentence.

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