High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is the number-one preventable risk factor for heart disease and stroke, two of the leading causes of death in the U.S. However, roughly half of Americans have high blood pressure, and hypertension is responsible for close to 700,000 deaths each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). But a new set of blood pressure guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology hopes to drastically lower these numbers.

Blood pressure guidelines have been updated for the first time since 2017.

At the beginning of the year, the AHA released its annual update, warning that someone in the U.S. dies of cardiovascular disease every 34 seconds—2,500 people every single day.

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