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Hypertension: a silent killer and global health crisis

Hypertension: a silent killer and global health crisis

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Measure your blood pressure, reduce your risk.

This simple recommendation from the World Health Organization (WHO) could help millions of people get a handle on hypertension, or high blood pressure.

Hypertension is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease, kidney failure and blindness, making it the focus of this year’s observation of World Health Day on 7 April.

Dianne Penn reports.

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