Almost half of over 50s with high blood pressure 'unaware of their condition'

Concern is being raised about the level of people here who have high blood pressure and don't know it.

New research emerging from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) shows that 64% of the population aged over 50 suffer from hypertension (abnormally high blood pressure), and 45% of those are unaware of their condition.