Serious health risk needs more attention at every healthcare visit
The majority of people with high blood pressure are being treated with medicine and have seen a doctor at least twice in the past year, yet their condition is still not under control, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Millions more are either aware they have high blood pressure but aren’t getting treated with medicine or don’t even know they have it, the report says.
Nearly 1 in 3 American adults (67 million) has high blood pressure, and more than half (36 million) don’t have it under control, according to the report.