Hypertension is high blood pressure. Hypertension is sometimes called the ‘silent killer’ because it produces no symptoms and could go unnoticed and untreated for years. Hypertension is a public health epidemic. Approximately 4 in 10 adults over age 25 have hypertension and in many countries another 1 in 5 have pre-hypertension. An estimated 9/10 adults living to 80 … [Read more...] about World Hypertension Day: May 17th