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May 2012 National High Blood Pressure Education Month
May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month. About 74.5 million people in the United States have high blood pressure, which is also called hypertension. Hypertension increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, the first and third leading causes of death in the United States.
- Hypertension Center
- High Blood Pressure Fact Sheet
- High Blood Pressure InDepth Report
- Recommendations to Prevent High Blood Pressure
- Do you have Pre-Hypertension
- Stroke
- Living with hypertension
- High Blood Pressure Linked to Inflammation
- Decreasing Your Salt Intake
- Video - DASH Diet - Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension
- The DASH Diet
- DASH Diet Helps Maintain a Healthy Blood Pressure
- Treatments for High Blood Pressure: More Than Just Taking a Pill