Health News You Can Use: Importance of Controlling Your Blood Pressure

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is often called the “silent killer” because most people who have it don’t have any symptoms.

During heart month we are talking with Dr. Tracy Stevens, cardiologist and medical director of Saint Luke’s Muriel I. Kauffman Women’s Center, about what experts call the most neglected condition, uncontrolled blood pressure.  

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