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High blood pressure is a silent killer, experts warn, and nearly half of U.S. adults are at risk.

Leading health groups say it’s best to act sooner rather than later to prevent long-term damage — and they also recommend cutting out alcohol.

The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) teamed up with 11 other organizations to release new guidelines, published Aug. 14 in the American Heart Association’s peer-reviewed journals Circulation and Hypertension, as well as in JACC, the flagship journal of the American College of Cardiology.

YOUR HEART MAY BE OLDER THAN YOU THINK — AND THE NUMBER COULD PREDICT DISEASE RISK

The new recommendations, which were refined through a rigorous peer-revie

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