Seniors can learn high blood pressure risks

Hilton Parma Senior Center has launched "Get into the BP Success Zone," a free educational seminar and screening event aimed at educating adults on the dangers of uncontrolled high blood pressure. High blood pressure is an under recognized public health crisis affecting more than 50 percent of Americans age 60 and older. As part of the Get into the BP Success Zone, participants will hear the latest information on high blood pressure including risk factors through a 10 minute video, and get screened (blood pressure reading) by a healthcare professional. Open to seniors 55+.

The seminar will be August 2 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Village Board Room, Village Community Center, 59 Henry Street, Hilton.