Alex Krob, a graduate student at Bowman Gray School of Medicine, will open the class with information on hypertension. Krob has conducted hypertension research and developed a community blood pressure screening program for the Hypertension Center. Hypertension affects about 50 million Americans and is especially hard-hitting in the Southeast. Left untreated, it can lead to heart attacks, stroke and kidney failure. Reducing the amount of salt in the diet is one of the most common treatments for the disease.
Sodium can hold excess fluid in the body and place an added burden on the heart.
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