Hypertension Research Papers

Hypertension is a chronic medical condition that brings about increased vulnerability to life-threatening illnesses. Such major causes of death in the United States as coronary heart disease and stroke are directly ascribable to hypertension. As the occurrence of heart disease and stroke starts to increase, it is essential to find workable methods for treating and curing the hypertension. There is an impression that hypertension is rapidly becoming a global epidemic. Among South African men the occurrence of hypertension had become three times as great in number in the past five years; for women the rate has almost doubled. Moreover, recent statistics in Canada show that 20 percent of all Canadian adults currently suffer from hypertension. Much analysis of statistics in regard to the upsurge of hypertension in the United States has been reported. The sum total of this data suggests that in the United States 23 to 60 million people are affected by hypertension. About 90 percent of all people suffering from hypertension have high blood pressure of unknown origin. Despite the fact that rates of incidence and mortality associated with hypertension abated in the years between 1972 and 1992, evidence indicates that they are increasing again.