Hypertension, or high BP, occurs when the pressure in your blood vessels is consistently too high, potentially causing damage to vital organs like the heart.

Certain vitamins and supplements, such as licorice root and St. John's wort, can affect your blood pressure or how well blood pressure medications work.

Diabetes, kidney disease, and high blood pressure are interconnected, silently damaging vital organs and increasing the risk of heart failure or stroke. High blood sugar harms blood vessels, leading to kidney damage and elevated blood pressure,

The practicalities of measuring blood pressure is a major time-consuming preoccupation in general practice, albeit much facilitated by the advent of the increasingly ubiquitous Home BP monitoring device.

In the United States, nearly half of adults have high blood pressure — that's about 119.9 million Americans. See where your parish ranks in the state for high blood pressure.

For those with high blood pressure, understanding salt's impact is crucial. Natural salts like sea salt or Himalayan pink salt offer no significant health advantage over table salt, as sodium content is the primary concern.

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a leading cause of heart disease and stroke, affecting nearly half of U.S. adults. Even small improvements in blood pressure numbers can make a real difference in heart disease risk over time.

Fact checked by Jennifer Klump Key Takeaways Isometric exercises, like planks or wall sits, may lower blood pressure more effectively than other types of workouts.These static moves are easy to do at home and don’t require equipment or long workout sessions.