Common blood pressure drug significantly increases risk of skin cancer

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By Lori Alton, staff writer

(Naturalhealth365) Currently, 70 million Americans – nearly one third of the adult population of the United States – have high blood pressure, creating a drastically increased risk of life-threatening conditions such as heart attack and stroke.

To make matter even worse, research suggests that a drug commonly prescribed to treat high blood pressure carries frightening health risks of its own. Studies have shown that hydrochlorothiazide, or HCTZ, is associated with an increased risk of lip and skin cancer – with alarming implications for the ten million Americans …read more

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