/R E P E A T -- Media Alert - New high blood pressure report puts Baby Boomers in danger zone/

MARKHAM, ON, March 27, 2013 /CNW/ -

WHAT:	Hypertension Canada will release new data revealing the rapidly growing number of Canadians suffering from high blood pressure and the serious ramifications this disease will have on the country's health care system.
WHEN:	The report will be released over the wire:
	Wednesday, April 3, 2013
DETAILS:	*Release of new national numbers showing a huge increase in the total number of Canadians who have become high blood pressure sufferers in just the past 5 years
	*Baby Boomer focus:  this demographic is suffering from pre-hypertension/hypertension in greater numbers than ever before
	*Provincial disparities: a snapshot of provincial disparities when it comes to the number of Baby Boomers who have hypertension
SPOKESPEOPLE
	*Dr. Beth Abramson, cardiologist, Hypertension Canada spokesperson
	*Dr. Ross Feldman, past president Hypertension Canada
	*Dr. Janusz Kaczorowski, spokesperson Hypertension Canada, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre
	*Dr. Norm Campbell, spokesperson, Hypertension Canada, University of Calgary
	*Dr. Pierre Larochelle, president Hypertension Canada, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM)
	*Dr. Chi-Ming Chow, cardiologist, Hypertension Canada spokesperson

Hypertension Canada is the country's authoritative voice on the management of high blood pressure. Hypertension Canada is an influential collaboration of researchers, clinicians, and policy makers dedicated to advancing health through the prevention and control of high blood pressure and its complications.

 

 

 

 

SOURCE: Hypertension Canada

Elissa Freeman for Hypertension Canada
416.565.5605/[email protected]