High Blood Pressure: A State of Emergency
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- Category: Food/Health
- Published: Monday, 16 September 2013 22:04
- Written by Roger Caldwell
For Immediate Release
September 9, 2013
Orlando Documentary Raises High Blood Pressure Awareness
On Point Media Group and My Christian Films is collaborating on an Orlando documentary that highlights prominent, local citizens who are recovering stroke survivors. The documentary “High Blood Pressure: A State of Emergency in the African-American Community” reveals strokes as a “Silent Killer” and urges the community toward a new paradigm of prevention.
“In the African-American community, one out of every two adults has high blood pressure, and this is a huge health crisis,” says Roger Caldwell, Owner of On Point Media. “The medical profession has no definitive answer or explanation why the numbers are so high, yet we believe where strokes are 80 percent preventable.”
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