Serena Lo, MD, Geriatrician, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii | May 10, 2023 | Health, May - June 2023
Blood pressure measures how hard the blood pushes against the walls of your arteries as it moves through your body. Measurements are taken when your heart beats and gain when it rests. Also known as hypertension, high blood pressure (HBP) can increase. Often described as a “silent killer,” HBP has no apparent symptoms.
Dr. Steven Ito, owner, House Call Medical Practice | May 19, 2018 | Health, June - July 2018
Let us start with this little fact: almost half of all adults in the United States are affected by hypertension. Recently published revised guidelines for the detection of high blood pressure mean that 46 percent of all Americans 18 years and older are now considered to have hypertension (otherwise known as high blood pressure).
