“One of the key risk factors for cardiovascular disease is hypertension – or raised blood pressure. Hypertension already affects one billion people worldwide, leading to heart attacks and strokes. Researchers have estimated that raised blood pressure currently kills nine million people every year…
Hypertension rarely causes symptoms in the early stages and many people go undiagnosed…
There are significant health and economic gains attached to early detection, adequate treatment and good control of hypertension. Treating the complications of hypertension entails costly interventions such as cardiac bypass surgery, carotid artery surgery and dialysis, draining individual and government budgets.”
A global brief on Hypertension: Silent killer, global public health crisis, World Health Organisation 2013
“We’re at an inflection point, or transition, from lifestyle health stuff to medical metrics”
Prof Eric Topol, MIT Technology Review 22 June 2015
“We are taking what has been with the institution and empowering the individual to manage their health. And we’re just at the front end of this”
Tim Cook, CEO Apple, CNBC interview, 8 Jan 2019
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