More people are taking antihypertension medications even though the overall rate of hypertension throughout the nation has remained relatively stable, according to a report presented by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in an issue of the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
The report reflects a need for public health policy that increases the awareness of hypertension and the lifestyle and treatment choices that can help manage the condition, the CDC wrote.
