A large study from clinicians at Kaiser Permanente has concluded that both the upper and lower values of blood pressure readings (systolic and diastolic blood pressure) are associated with the risk of ...

Systolic and diastolic hypertension independently affected the risk for adverse CV events, including MI, hemorrhagic stroke and ischemic stroke, regardless of whether hypertension was defined as BP of ...

Diastolic blood pressure - the lower of the two numbers in a blood pressure reading - is highly likely to cause neurotic personality trait, finds research published in the open access journal General ...

"Is a blood pressure of 130/70 anything to worry about?" It's a good question, and one doctors didn't regularly field until the Joint National Committee of the American Heart Association announced its ...

Isolated diastolic hypertension is now more prevalent, owing to the definition of hypertension used in the most recent US blood pressure guidelines, but the condition does not appear to be associated ...

Understanding blood pressure readings can be tricky. While most people know they don't want their blood pressure to get too high (hypertension) or too low (hypotension), many people don't know how to ...

Share on Pinterest How important is the potential impact of blood pressure on migraine risk? Image credit: Fly View Productions/Getty Images. A new study of more than 7,000 men and women found a ...

Hypertension (high blood pressure) can increase your risk of potentially life-threatening conditions such as cardiovascular (heart) disease and stroke. So, it’s important to keep it in a healthy range ...