The American Heart Association recently redefined high blood pressure to a lower limit of 130/80 and not anymore 140 as defined in the past years. According to the new guidelines, a person’s blood pressure is within normal limits if it is lower than 120 (Systolic reading/upper number) and lower than 80 (diastolic reading/lower number). The new guidelines also signifies that …

The Department of Health launched the whole month of May as Hypertension Awareness Month. Part of the campaign is to screen the blood pressure of 1.7 million Filipinos for the whole month. According to an Inquirer report, the department wants to raise public awareness about the dangers of high blood pressure. Hypertension is the culprit behind over 200,000 deaths yearly, …