Heart Health Month

It's never too late to make lifestyle changes toward healthier cardiovascular health.  Controlling blood pressure is just one of them.
You can have high blood pressure, or hypertension, and still feel just fine. That is because high blood pressure does not cause signs of illness that you can see or feel. But, high blood pressure, sometimes called "the silent killer," is a major health problem. If high blood pressure isn't controlled with lifestyle changes and medicine, it can lead to stroke, heart disease, eye problems, or kidney failure.


For more information on Blood Pressure, check out this month's Care Connection or visit:

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Health Information Center
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
301-592-8573
240-629-3255 (TTY)
www.nhlbi.nih.gov

National Library of Medicine
MedlinePlus
Search for: “High Blood Pressure”
www.medlineplus.gov

American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
800-242-8721 (toll-free)
www.americanheart.org

For more information on health and aging, contact:

National Institute on Aging Information Center
P.O. Box 8057
Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8057
800-222-2225 (toll-free)
800-222-4225 (TTY/toll-free)
www.nia.nih.gov
www.nia.nih.gov/Espanol