Chronic pain might quietly push people toward developing high blood pressure—and the more widespread the pain, the greater ...

White bread can be high in sodium, and a diet high in sodium can raise your blood pressure. If you eat white bread daily, you ...

Stunning as it may sound, nearly half of Americans ages 20 years and up—or more than 122 million people—have high blood pressure, according to a 2023 report from the American Heart Association. And ...

Blood pressure serves as the body’s vital barometer, quietly measuring the intricate balance of cardiovascular health every moment of every day. Medical research reveals that nearly half of American ...

"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 ...

A new blood pressure calculator built on extensive clinical trial data helps doctors accurately estimate how much each ...

THE risks of high blood pressure are well known. But low blood pressure can be problematic, too. Here’s what to do. We all know having high blood pressure puts you at risk of a heart attack and stroke ...

A new study shows that hypertension quietly disrupts brain cells and blood-vessel integrity well before blood pressure spikes. Hypertension can begin harming blood vessels, brain cells and white ...

Hydralazine is commonly used to treat very high blood pressure, especially during pregnancy. Until recently, how it works in ...

A Penn-led team has revealed how hydralazine, one of the world's oldest blood pressure drugs and a mainstay treatment for ...