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Dr Amir Khan shared a simple way to lower blood pressure (Image: Getty Images) High blood pressure , also known as hypertension, is a medical condition that is thought to affect around a third of all adults in the UK. It means that the heart has to work harder to pump blood around the body. Over time this puts extra strain on the heart as well as other organs and the blood vessels and can cause damage.

It is also a factor in many serious health conditions and illnesses, including heart disease , kidney disease, strokes , heart failure and heart attacks . function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.



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