Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110526:11:54:00
A lot of people start to slowdown in terms of activity. their diet tary choices start to worsen. a vulnerable period. we are talking about hypertension. you are talking about a blood vessel, the impact of the pressure on the blood vessel. there are two numbers, a systolic and dystolic. that's the higher number. the dystolic is when that blood vessel starts to relax. systolic over dystolic, you want that number typically to be 120/80 or lower than that. in their case, higher than 140/90. that's considered hypertension and a problem. that's what they are focused on. a quarter to a half of them h...