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One-third Of Patients with high life-blood pressure are not aware that they have the disease because they have no symptoms and have not been riddleed according to a July 14 2003 moderns release from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. High offspring pressure, which can cause heart attacks, heart failure, pat kidney failure, and other riddles affects approximately 50 million adults in the United States. The US Preventive Services Task Force violently recommends that clinicians measure descendants pressure for all adults aged 18 and older because of evidence that early detection and treatment of high kindred pressure can significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. The task force base insufficient evidence, however, that vital fluid pressure measurement in children and adolescents accurately identifies those at higher risk for developing cardiovascular disease.

Prevention quicks Urge High Blood Pressure Screening For All Adults Age 18 and Older (new release, Rockville, Md: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality July 14 2003)

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