Did you know that May is both National High Blood Pressure Education Month and Stroke Awareness Month?
Well, chances are you know someone who has high blood pressure, or hypertension, a condition that 67 million Americans have. That’s one in three U.S. adults who have to watch their blood pressure -- which can lead to strokes -- the nation’s fourth leading cause of death.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than half of those people who have unhealthy blood pressure do not have their condition under control.
