Treating Mild Hypertension With Drugs May Be Misdirected Veronica Hackethal, MD Treating mild hypertension with drugs has unclear benefit and adds exorbitant sums to national healthcare expenditures, experts write in an article published online September 14 in BMJ. Thresholds for management need to be reexamined, and priorities should shift to lifestyle change, according to Stephen A. Martin, MD, [...]