HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE; 15 questions that could save your life.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: September 18, 2001| Author: Clements, Rory; Leonard, Rosemary | Copyright information

Byline: RORY CLEMENTS;ROSEMARY LEONARD

EACH year, 50,000 of us die from the consequences of high blood pressure.

Doctors are so concerned that this week free centres are being set up throughout Britain - in surgeries, hospitals, even shopping centres and factories - to encourage you to have your blood pressure tested. But what exactly is blood pressure, and why does it matter?

1 WHAT is blood pressure - and why is high blood pressure dangerous?

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