Hypertension or high blood pressure is a common problem among people that can affect the health in many ways. It affects people of all ages, even children can be at the receiving end of it. The sad part is almost 20 percent of people who have hypertension don’t know they have it. People not knowing or having uncontrolled hypertension increases the risk for cardiovascular disease, including heart attack, heart failure, and stroke, as well as kidney disease and eye disease. However, hypertension is also a disease in itself, responsible for more than 60,000 deaths every year. It is sometimes referred to as “silent killer”. Fortunately, there are several steps that can be taken in preventing hypertension like lifestyle changes, medicines, innovative new therapies such as renal denervation, etc. The biggest risk factors of cardiovascular disease include high cholesterol and high blood pressure. It is important to manage them well or one can be at the receiving end of a cardiac emerge...