This year’s Padma Shri recipient Dr. C. Venkat S. Ram gets
candid and gives his expert views on the silent killer  Blood
pressure is a silent killer which needs to be detected early and
the condition treated aggressively, says renowned blood pressure
specialist and this year’s Padma Shri recipient Dr. C. Venkat S.
Ram.  Author of over 300 research papers in peer reviewed
journals and alumni of Osmania Medical College, he says that
Indians have a lazy and cavalier attitude towards hypertension.
Having worked in the field of understanding mechanisms of action
of various anti-hypertension drugs for over 30 years in the US,
Dr. Ram feels that there is a lot of misconception related to
blood pressure among general public.  The hypertension
management expert came back to Hyderabad from the US recently
and joined as president and CEO of Mediciti Hospitals and
Mediciti Medical College.  The Padma Shri awardee sits down with
The Hindu and fields some questions on the silent killer.  What
are the trends of blood press