May is High Blood Pressure Month

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May is High Blood Pressure Month

• CDC Grand Round: Public health and clinical approaches to better identify, treat, and control high blood pressure
• World Health Organization: Silent killer, global public health crisis
• CDC information: Learn about high blood pressure
• MMWR article: Self-reported hypertension and use of antihypertensive medications among adults, United States, 2005-2009. Apr 5
• Risk factors for high blood pressure include family history.  [PDF 94.84] Collect and act on your family history to cut your own risk from high blood pressure
• Did you know: 1522 genes have been reported with hypertension, including 70 genomewide association studies.