REBOOT: #509 Fresh Hypertension Guidelines. West Philadelphia Doc Jordy Cohen Keeps Our Hypertension Management Fresh
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
We have another classic episode for you. Don’t get caught treating high blood pressure like it is 2024. Dr. Jordy Cohen (@jordybc.bsky.social, University of Pennsylvania) guides us through the new hypertension guidelines.
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Show Segments
- Intro
- Case: Jeremy
- Wearable devices inaccuracies
- Ideal blood pressure measurement
- Diagnosis and workup
- Management and fixed-dose combination pills
- Case: Jolene and pregnancy
- Outro
Credits
- Written and Produced by: Deborah Gorth MD, PhD
- Infographic and Cover Art by: Deborah Gorth MD, PhD and Meryl Gorth RD, MPH
- Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
- Reviewer: Emi Okamoto MD
- Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
- Technical Production: PodPaste
- Guest: Jordana Cohen MD, MSCE
Disclosures
Financial Relationships disclosed for Dr. Jordana Cohen: Wolters Kluwer (Royalties or Patent Beneficiary) and National Institutes of Health (Grant or research support)
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| 0:43.0 | Paul, I'm not sure if I've said this one before, but I'm going to go for it. |
| 0:48.0 | Great. |
| 0:48.9 | My sister bet me $100 that I couldn't build a working car out of spaghetti. |
| 0:56.4 | I think you've done this one before, so it's going to really hurt that I cannot come up with the punchline by myself. |
| 1:03.0 | You said that's impostable? |
| 1:05.6 | No, I think I've made the same attempt. |
| 1:07.1 | All right, give me the punchline. |
| 1:09.4 | You should have seen her face as I drove past her. |
| 1:13.2 | Pasta. |
| 1:18.2 | Great. Yeah. No, I don't know if you did that one before. |
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| 1:49.2 | I'm Dr. Matthew Frank Guido here with my great friend in America's primary care physician, |
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