A new Web site, SeeYourBP.com, allows users to see inside living patients and view the damage high pressure does to the cardiovascular system and vital organs.

The site reveals actual images, not illustrations, of the human body and the impact that high blood pressure has on the heart, kidneys and other organs. The images are created through state-of-the art MRIs, CTs and ultrasound. The patients volunteered to be scanned and have their images used on the site.

More than 65 million people in the United States have high blood pressure, and 70 percent do not have it under control. High blood pressure can cause heart disease, kidney disease and premature death.

The site is sponsored by the pharmaceutical company Novaris.

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