More than one-third of Georgia adults have been told they have high blood pressure , according to America's Health Rankings . This is important because, if not detected and controlled, it can lead to heart attacks , strokes, kidney failure, vision loss, and other serious medical conditions.

The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology released a new set of guidelines to help with reducing high blood pressure. This is the first set of new guidelines since 2017.

Medicare advises people to shoot for blood pressure of 120/80.If your blood pressure is higher than 120/80 and is under 139/89, you could be at risk of hypertension. Anything above 140/90 is high.

What do the new blood pressure guidelines include?

The new guidelines go over lifestyle chang

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