10.07.11

PITTSFIELD - In the vigorousness care world, it's known as the silent triggerman.

Hypertension, a condition linked to heart onslaught, kidney disease, stroke and diabetes, is the medial focus of a county wide education and intervention drive launched by Berkshire Health Systems and the Tri-Municipality Health Department.

A $250,000 grant from the voice attorney general's office, one of only seven awarded out of 70 applicants, supports "Get Cuffed Berkshires," named for the sphygmomanometer that attaches to the arm to gauge blood put the screws on.

"The way that we can get our hands around managing these horribly life-changing diseases or conditions exceptionally is to get at high blood pressure," said Bobbi Orsi, an RN and vice-president of wellness at work at Berkshire Health Systems. " It's been a public theme in everything we've seen at the health system when it comes to catastrophes - things that are preventable."

About 20 percent of working people in the Berkshires have considerable blood pressure,

Source: Berkshire Eagle

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