The NYT noted an article in JAMA Internal Medicine about an Israeli study of 2.6 million 16 to 19 year-old candidates for military service from 1967-2013. Nearly 8,000 suffered from hypertension, half of whom were overweight or obese. After a 20-year follow-up, 2,189 developed renal disease requiring dialysis or a kidney transplant. The JAMA study stated that hypertension in adolescence doubled the risk for end-stage renal disease. The conclusion: treat teenagers with hypertension when they’re young. They can also develop heart disease, a stroke, and kidney cancer.