Looking at more than 21,000 people with hypertension, researchers from Temple, the University of Chicago, and Stanford found that 63 percent of U.S. patients had their blood pressure under control, compared to between 31 percent and 46 percent in Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and France.By treating sooner and more aggressively, U.S. physicians may actually save money by reducing the overall economic burden of cardiovascular disease...