HypertensionFoundation.org
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Hypertension Education Foundation, Inc.
Description
he Hypertension Education Foundation, Inc. (HEF) was incorporated in 1977 for the purpose of promoting research and teaching efforts in the field of hypertension. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a disease that affects more than 50 million Americans and is the most common reason for adults to visit physicians. Prior to the availability of effective treatment, strokes, heart failure, heart attacks, and kidney failure were common in people with elevated blood pressure. In recent years these have been dramatically reduced, largely as a result of more effective treatment, as the availability of newer medications simplified therapy.
HEF has been active in informing the general public about the consequences of untreated high blood pressure, available treatment, recent data on lifestyle interventions, and why blood pressure should be lowered to below 140/90 mm Hg or as close to an ideal level of 120/80 mm Hg as possible. HEF has also been active in promoting methods to improve physician management of this disease.
Despite national efforts and those of HEF, only about 60% of people with high blood pressure are under treatment and only about 35% are being adequately treated. HEF is dedicated to increasing these numbers. It has supported hypertension fellowships at the Yale University School of Medicine and has been involved in research projects dealing with the differences between black and white hypertensives. It has generated and distributed pamphlets and booklets to the general public. Two of these ("High Blood Pressure: What You Should Know About It and What You Can Do To Help Your Doctor Treat It" and "High Blood Pressure and Diabetes: Control Them and Live Longer") have been distributed in quantity on request and through the Hypertensionfoundation.org web site. HEF has designed and produced slide kits for physicians and has provided assistance in the preparation of numerous scientific articles published in medical journals, such as the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Archives of Internal Medicine, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the Journal of Clinical Hypertension, the New England Journal of Medicine, etc. In addition, HEF has partially supported the publication of several books for physicians, including Clinical Management of Hypertension (now in its 7
Contact
- hypertension
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- scarsdale NY
- United States 10583
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- +1.9147230114
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