An important CLINICAL ADVISORY and a NEW INTERNET RESOURCE on HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE AND OLDER AMERICANS from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health have been developed
as a resource for you and your visitors for this year's National High Blood
Pressure Month.
According to the NHLBI, systolic blood pressure - the top number of the
blood pressure reading - is a much better predictor of future heart disease
and strokes for middle-aged and older adults than the more widely regarded
diastolic pressure (the bottom number). For more information about how this
affects the identification, assessment and treatment of hypertension among
older Americans, please go to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute's web site at www.nhlbi.nih.gov .
At the NHLBI web site, click on the "Highlights" note marked, "Your Guide to
Understanding High Blood Pressure." This will take you to our website pages
full of information about how to identify, assess and treat hypertension in
older Americans for:
- HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, providing the advisory, clinical practice
guidelines, tips on increasing patient compliance, and more;
- CONSUMERS, with tips and tools on how to control blood pressure,
engaging interactive quizzes, recipes, sample fitness plans, descriptions of
commonly prescribed medications, and profiles of five adults and the
strategies they use to stay heart-healthy;
- COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, with educational materials about high blood
pressure and its impact on public health; and,
- MEDIA, offering news releases and background information.
While at www.nhlbi.nih.gov, we hope you will also take a few moments to
check out other popular features, such as, "Aim for a Healthy Weight," the
National Center for Sleep Disorders Research site, asthma management model,
and our interactive cholesterol site.
As a federal agency, our content on these websites is within the public
domain. We encourage you to link to it or copy it as an enhancement to your
existing health and wellness pages, or use it to build new content. When
you cite NHLBI as the source for materials and/or link to our website, you
both provide additional credibility for this information and provide a path
to additional information for visitors seeking more on hypertension and
other heart, lung, blood, and sleep health disorders.
We welcome your comments and suggestions. To give feedback, please simply
reply to this message.
Please forward this email on to any other appropriate person(s) in your
organization. Thank you for spreading the word about good health with the
NHLBI. Similar announcements will be sent to you periodically.
