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Friday, November 13, 2009

High blood pressure among youth

Over the last two years, heart check up conducted at the Heart House on people above 25 years has indicated that 40 per cent of the people have high blood pressure, 37 per cent have high cholesterol and 25 per cent have diabetes.

These findings were presented by Jabir A., secretary of Cardiological Society of India, Kerala chapter, at the year’s annual conference held here on Sunday.

The Hindu, November 2nd , 2009

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