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Every year during Know Your Numbers Week, Blood Pressure UK encourages people across the UK to get their blood pressure checked and to take action if those numbers are higher than they should be. But knowing your numbers is only the first step. The second and arguably more important, step is understanding what you can do about them. High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects around one in three adults in the UK. Among older adults the figure is significantly higher. And while medication...

Know Your Numbers Week — Why Checking Your Blood Pressure Could Save Your Life Every year, thousands of people across the UK are living with high blood pressure without knowing it. No symptoms. No warning signs. Just a silent condition quietly putting enormous strain on the heart, the brain and the body, until one day, it isn't silent anymore. Know Your Numbers Week, run annually by Blood Pressure UK, exists to change that. It is one week each year dedicated to encouraging people across the...

There is rarely a single moment when it becomes clear that your elderly parent needs more support. It is almost never a dramatic event, or at least, not at first. It is usually a series of small things. A concern that crosses your mind during a visit and then quietly stays with you. A detail that feels slightly off but is easy to brush aside. The fridge that is emptier than it should be. The house that is not quite as tidy as it used to be. A bruise on their arm they cannot quite explain. A...