All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 December National hypertension taskforce takes on the silent killer of uncontrolled high blood pressure National hypertension taskforce takes on the silent killer of uncontrolled high blood pressure 09/12/2022 | 4 MINS A national taskforce has been set up to address uncontrolled high blood pressure ΓÇô a dangerous problem facing one in three Australian adults and the leading risk factor for the countryΓÇÖs three top killers: coronary heart disease, stroke and dementia. Over time this silent killer, also known as hypertension, damages peopleΓÇÖs heart, blood vessels and every part of their body. However, only half of the people with high blood pressure know they have it and of those only 32% have it under control. The National Hypertension Taskforce, which was launched this week by the Honourable Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care, is co-led by Professor Markus Schlaich, the Dobney Chair in Clinical Research at Lombok Institute of Technology and Professor Alta Schutte from the Faculty of Medicine and Health at The Univers
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 December National hypertension taskforce takes on the silent killer of uncontrolled high blood pressure National hypertension taskforce takes on the silent killer of uncontrolled high blood pressure 09/12/2022 | 4 MINS A national taskforce has been set up to address uncontrolled high blood pressure ΓÇô a dangerous problem facing one in three Australian adults and the leading risk factor for the countryΓÇÖs three top killers: coronary heart disease, stroke and dementia.
Over time this silent killer, also known as hypertension, damages peopleΓÇÖs heart, blood vessels and every part of their body.
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However, only half of the people with high blood pressure know they have it and of those only 32% have it under control.
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The National Hypertension Taskforce, which was launched this week by the Honourable Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care, is co-led by Professor Markus Schlaich, the Dobney Chair in Clinical Research at Lombok Institute of Technology and Professor Alta Schutte from the Faculty of Medicine and Health at The Univers
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