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When is it time to check your child's blood pressure?

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When is it time to check your child's blood pressure?

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Think your child is too young to have his blood pressure checked? Think again. Hypertension can strike at any age, says pediatrician Tanya Remer Altmann, MD - and lowering a child's high blood pressure now can save his life later on.

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