Study Finds The 2008 Recession Made Sick Americans Even Sicker: Significant increases in blood pressure and fasting blood glucose levels, coincided with a sharp drop in the use of the medications used to control them, indicating that the recession forced people to stop purchasing them.

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Study Finds The 2008 Recession Made Sick Americans Even Sicker: Significant increases in blood pressure and fasting blood glucose levels, coincided with a sharp drop in the use of the medications used to control them, indicating that the recession forced people to stop purchasing them.