{"id":1537,"date":"2021-06-17T14:35:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T14:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/?page_id=1537"},"modified":"2021-07-23T13:08:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T13:08:27","slug":"blog-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/blog-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-background-color:#f5f5f5;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-color:#f5f5f5;--awb-bg-color-hover:#f5f5f5;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-top:-60px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator section-separator rounded-split fusion-section-separator-1 rounded-split-separator\" style=\"--awb-spacer-height:71px;--awb-svg-margin-left:0;--awb-svg-margin-right:0;\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-svg\"><div class=\"rounded-split bottom\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer-height\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-equal-height-columns\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/hypertensionelevated-blood-pressure\/\" aria-label=\"Hypertension(Elevated blood pressure)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"876\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/06\/blog-1-min.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"blog-1-min\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/06\/blog-1-min-200x146.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/06\/blog-1-min-400x292.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/06\/blog-1-min-600x438.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/06\/blog-1-min-800x584.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/06\/blog-1-min.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 794px) 393px, (min-width: 717px) 590px, (min-width: 640px) 717px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/hypertensionelevated-blood-pressure\/\">Hypertension(Elevated blood pressure)<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/author\/toplinemdmulti\/\" rel=\"author\">Topline MD<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-06-17T14:50:23+00:00<\/span><span>June 17th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Hypertension(Elevated blood pressure) Hypertension: Stage 1 \u2013 Systolic 130 to<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/hypertensionelevated-blood-pressure\/\" aria-label=\"More on Hypertension(Elevated blood pressure)\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1543\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-1543 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blog\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:none;\">\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/annual-exams-preventive-visits\/\">Annual exams= Preventive visits<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/author\/toplinemdmulti\/\" rel=\"author\">Topline MD<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-06-17T14:48:10+00:00<\/span><span>June 17th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Most insurance companies allow a yearly annual\/preventive exam at no<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/annual-exams-preventive-visits\/\" aria-label=\"More on Annual exams= Preventive visits\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1540\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-1540 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:none;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/hyperlipidemiahigh-cholesterol\/\" 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(min-width: 717px) 590px, (min-width: 640px) 717px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/hyperlipidemiahigh-cholesterol\/\">HYPERLIPIDEMIA=HIGH CHOLESTEROL<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/mercade-and-associates\/author\/toplinemdmulti\/\" rel=\"author\">Topline MD<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-06-17T14:47:08+00:00<\/span><span>June 17th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div 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