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Hallberg's Picture of Health: The silent killer

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A nurse checks the blood pressure of a patient at a Walgreens Take Care Clinic in Indianapolis.
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A nurse checks for it every time we go to the doctor, yet high blood pressure or hypertension afflicts approximately one third of all patients.

In this episode, host Tom Crann and Dr. Jon Hallberg discuss how treating hypertension is one of the easiest ways to reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke, and yet it's sometimes dismissed or overlooked by physicians.

Also, we'll learn about blood pressure medications, monitors, and what the term 'white coat hypertension' means.

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