"Hypertension, the most epidemic medical condition known to man."--Cover Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
Essential hypertension is the most prevalent medical condition on the face of the earth. Over 65 million American adults have high blood pressure, defined as 140/90. Over 40 million more are pre-hypertensive defined as pressures over 120/80. Anti-hypertensive drugs are the third most common prescriptions written, only after cholesterol-lowering and pain relief. These toxic dangerous drugs merely cover up the symptoms, while leaving the causes ignored. One third of all American adults suffer from high blood pressure, and many of them go undiagnosed. This is not merely a Western phenomenon, but a worldwide one that affects poor rural people as well. Cardiovascular heart disease (CHD) is the biggest killer of all worldwide. Hypertension is the most prominent cardio-vascular condition. It does not need to be this way at all. This epidemic is completely unnecessary and easily avoided. High blood pressure is a major cause of stroke, heart attacks, congestive heart failure, kidney disease, and artery disease among other conditions.
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