Tag: hypertension

• Thursday, August 26th 2021 - 07:03 UTC

  A billion people suffering hypertension live in low and middle income countries

  

  The vast majority of people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, – a serious medical condition that significantly increases the risks of heart, brain, kidney and other diseases – live in low and middle-income countries, a World Health Organization (WHO) report released on Wednesday has revealed.

• Friday, May 17th 2013 - 17:49 UTC

  World Hypertension Day: WHO says avoid processed, canned and ready-to-eat-foods

  

  At least 30% of people in the Americas suffer from hypertension, or high blood pressure, for which excessive dietary salt is the main risk factor. For 1 of 3 people who have hypertension, cutting sodium intake can reduce their blood pressure to normal levels. Reducing dietary salt could also prevent an estimated 25% of heart attacks and strokes worldwide.