Bill Mendenhall sat in an armchair at his house in Anchorage and strapped a blood pressure cuff to his arm.
“Lately, it’s been all over the place,” he said, the monitor buzzing. He clocked his blood-pressure reading and said, “So, that’s a little high.”
Mendenhall’s working with his primary care doctor to bring down his blood pressure. People can lower their blood pressure through diet or medication, and if they don’t, it can lead to serious health problems…