{"id":993,"date":"2023-10-02T22:45:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T22:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aetf.com\/?p=993"},"modified":"2023-11-28T19:44:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T19:44:15","slug":"stop-the-silent-killer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.aetf.com\/news\/stop-the-silent-killer\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop the Silent Killer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Stop the Silent Killer<\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Get Your Blood Pressure Checked<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Just because it\u2019s common and easily treatable doesn\u2019t mean high blood pressure isn\u2019t serious. And by the way, it\u2019s not just for old people: 7% of 18- to 39-year-olds and 32% of 40- to 59-year-olds have it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure (130\/80 mmHg or higher) \u2026 and 20% of them don\u2019t even know they have it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Many people don\u2019t even know they have high blood pressure until it\u2019s too late, and results in death or a serious health condition, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\">Stroke<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Vision Loss<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Heart Attack<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Heart Failure<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Kidney Disease\/Failure<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Sexual Dysfunction<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Dementia<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">Pregnancy Complications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>High blood pressure has no symptoms, which is why it\u2019s called \u201cthe Silent Killer.\u201d Get checked by a health care professional, or do it yourself at a pharmacy, using a home blood pressure monitor or through a smartphone app. If your numbers are higher than normal (120\/80 mmHg), talk to your doctor about how you can lower them.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: American Heart Association<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just because it\u2019s common and easily treatable doesn\u2019t mean high blood pressure isn\u2019t serious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1243,"template":"","categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-993","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-latest-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aetf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aetf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aetf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aetf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aetf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aetf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aetf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}