Taking charge of your blood pressure

We know most of our health problems because they're obvious, but high blood pressure can sneak up on you if you're not watching it. So how can you be sure you've got it handled?

On this episode of Health Matters, we talk with cardiovascular nurse epidemiologist Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Ph.D., M.H.S., RN, about how to take better care of our arteries, as well as the changes we can make today to get our blood pressure under control.

For more resources to help manage your blood pressure and build a control plan that works for you, visit MyBPControl.org.

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