The high and increasing prevalence of hypertension reported by Tu and colleagues1 is in
contrast with the lower prevalence reported by Leenen and colleagues. 3 One of the …

Increased blood pressure (BP) remains one of the biggest health and economic issues
facing the world. 1, 2 In 2010, a new Statistics Canada survey reported that Canada had the …

The present paper summarizes and highlights key messages of the 2008 Canadian
Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the diagnosis and management of …

Canada has been an international leader in hypertension care, but this appears to be
changing. After more than 60 years of declining rates of cardiovascular death, trends are …

Impressive advances in the treatment of hypertension during the last half century have led to
the ability to lower blood pressure effectively and with relatively minor adverse effects …

While almost two-thirds of all strokes and one-half of all myocardial infarctions could be
prevented if hypertensive individuals had their blood pressures optimally controlled, only a …

The Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) is a unique Canadian initiative to
improve awareness, treatment and control of hypertension through the education of health …

Hypertension is one of the biggest health issues facing our country. In 2007, 5.7 million
Canadians were diagnosed with hypertension and more than 5 million of them were using …

Hypertension is one of the biggest health issues facing our country. In 2007, 5.7 million
Canadians were diagnosed with hypertension and more than 5 million of them were using …

The Canadian Hypertension Education Program annually appraises data from hypertension
research and updates clinical practice recommendation for the diagnosis and management …