By following a few simple steps, you can help protect yourself and your family from this silent killer.

Six silent killers, one frustrated guard at the street door.

It really does seem like this is a silent killer.

Cancer is considered a silent killer because there are often no or few symptoms until it has spread far beyond control.

His reason for the caution: "Things like blood pressure can be silent killers."

High blood pressure is sometimes called a silent killer because it may have no outward symptoms for years.

This is especially true of the silent killer known as colorectal cancer.

That's why high blood pressure (or hypertension) is called the silent killer.

However, evidence has shown that there may be a silent long-term killer lurking in almost every room.

High blood pressure is often called a "silent killer" because many people have it but do not know it.