HealthDay 
(7/17, Mann) reports, "Frail, elderly people with high blood pressure
may live longer than their peers with lower blood pressure," according
to a study published online in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Investigators "linked data from the nationwide health surveys in
1999-2000 and 2001-2002 to US National Death Index data through December
2006." The researchers found that "frail seniors with higher blood
pressure levels were 62 percent less likely to die during the study
period when compared to their counterparts with
lower blood pressure levels."
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