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It all starts with your arteries. Normally, the vessels that carry blood from your heart to the rest of your body have a smooth inner lining. They're strong and flexible enough to push blood through ...

Understanding your blood pressure's two numbers, systolic and diastolic, is crucial for assessing heart and blood vessel health. Systolic measures the heart's pumping effort, while diastolic reflects ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: During my annual wellness visits to the doctor, my blood pressure is always taken. But it is done differently depending on the person taking it. How many times should the pump be used, ...

A speedy new scan could improve how millions of people with high blood pressure are treated, suggests a new study led by UCL ...

Aldosterone helps control how much salt is in your body. If your body makes too much of it, your blood pressure can go up.

Nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure. "High blood pressure (also called hypertension) puts you at ...

High blood pressure, also called hypertension, means the force of blood against your blood vessels is too high. It raises your risk for stroke, heart attack, heart failure, and other serious problems, ...

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