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Nearly 1 in 2 Americans has high blood pressure—sometimes called the "silent killer" because it harms the heart and blood vessels—but many people don't know they have it. In a study being presented at ...

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Fact checked by Jennifer Klump Meet the Author Christopher Lee, MD, is a board-certified cardiologist and internal medicine physician based in San Francisco, CA. He specializes in multimodality ...

Nearly 1 in 2 Americans has high blood pressure—sometimes called the "silent killer" because it harms the heart and blood vessels—but many people don't know they have it.

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