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The Barbados Drug Service will host a public lecture on Drilling Down the Numbers 2018 – Getting Hyped about Hypertension, on Tuesday, May 8, at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Two Mile Hill, St Michael.

The lecture, which begins at 7 p.m., will be presented by Dr Kenneth Connell.

From 6 to 7 p.m., there will be free blood pressure screening, as well as dietary and exercise counselling in controlling blood pressure.

The staff of the Barbados Drug Service will also be on hand to discuss the recent changes to the National Drug Formulary.

Everyone is invited to attend. (BGIS)

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