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High Blood Pressure - The Silent Heart Killer
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Blood Pressure - Blood Pressure Control.
How To Understand Your Blood Pressure.
What is
Blood Pressure? Blood Pressure is the force of your blood against the walls of your arteries.
Blood
Pressure consists of two number; a...
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Blood Pressure - Blood Pressure Control.
How To Understand Your Blood Pressure.
What is
Blood Pressure? Blood Pressure is the force of your blood against the walls of your arteries.
Blood
Pressure consists of two number; a top and bottom number.
The top number is the systolic
pressure.
The bottom number is the diastolic pressure.
http://fouryoursucess.
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"High blood pressure is a silent killer.
" American Heart Association
According to recent estimates, almost 65 million American adults--nearly 1 in 3--have high blood
pressure.
It is more common and often more serious in African Americans than in Cuacasions.
High blood pressure is also prevalent in other parts of the world - this silent killer affects almost
one billion people worldwide.
And its prevalence is rising.
Blood pressure is measured as systolic and diastolic pressures.
Systolic pressure is the force in
the arteries when the heart beats, while diastolic pressure is the pressure
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