I WOULD like to commend your newspaper for covering the local initiative to raise awareness of the importance of high blood pressure, by offering free blood pressure checks.
High blood pressure is serious, the thousands of people each year who suffer a stroke or heart attack as a result of high blood pressure will testify to that, but the good news is that it can be treated and sometimes prevented.
At the Blood Pressure Association we are dedicated to improving the lives of people with high blood pressure, and helping those that have a healthy blood pressure keep it that way.
I'm sure your readers would be interested to know that taking steps to lower blood pressure now could prevent high blood pressure in the future. The BPA provides free information to the public on simple changes everyone can make to help lower the risk of a stroke or heart attack.
Readers who would like more information about high blood pressure or our national blood pressure testing week can contact the BPA at the address below, or see our web site www.bpassoc.org.uk
Prof Graham MacGregor
Chairman of the Blood Pressure Association and Prof of Cardiovascular Medicine
60 Cranmere Terrace
London, SW17 0QS
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