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High Blood Pressure Is an Increasingly Serious Health Problem
American Medical Group Foundation ConsumerFeature
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68-MILLION AMERICANS--OR NEARLY ONE-IN-THREE ADULTS--HAVE HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE--WHICH CAN LEAD TO HEART-ATTACK, STROKE, OR EVEN DEATH. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST-SERIOUS HEALTH-CONDITIONS FACING AMERICANS TODAY. WHAT'S MORE, 20-PERCENT OF THOSE WHO HAVE HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY HAVE IT. ACCORDING TO THE "AMERICAN MEDICAL-GROUP FOUNDATION", HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE IS KNOWN AS THE "SILENT KILLER", BECAUSE IT OFTEN HAS NO SYMPTOMS--UNTIL SERIOUS PROBLEMS OCCUR. MANY PEOPLE, IN FACT, HAVE IT FOR YEARS--WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE THE DISEASE. MAY IS "HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE EDUCATION MONTH". AND, THROUGH THE "MEASURE UP/PRESSURE DOWN"-CAMPAIGN, THE FOUNDATION IS PARTNERING WITH NEARLY 150 MEDICAL-GROUPS, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, TO HELP EDUCATE EVERYONE ABOUT THIS GROWING PROBLEM. IT ENCOURAGES FOLKS TO "MEASURE", "MONITOR", AND "MAINTAIN": HAVE YOUR BLOOD-PRESSURE CHECKED AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR. AND, THOSE WITH HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE SHOULD ALSO WORK WITH THEIR DOCTOR, ON A TREATMENT-PLAN. TO LEARN MORE, VISIT "MEASURE-UP-PRESSURE-DOWN"-DOT-COM.
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