The FDA has announced a nationwide recall of more than 580,000 bottles of blood pressure medication after tests found traces of a cancer-causing chemical in certain batches. The affected drug, ...

A new blood pressure calculator built on extensive clinical trial data helps doctors accurately estimate how much each medication will reduce blood pressure. The tool simplifies complex treatment ...

Cutting out a teaspoon of salt from a diet everyday can lower blood pressure as much as most hypertension medications, a study published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association ...

Shuchi Patel, MD: Good afternoon, Dr. Ruth Williams. Thank you so much for taking the time to have a discussion with us regarding a topic that is of emerging interest. Today we're going to talk about ...

Over 580,000 bottles of a prazosin hydrochloride, a prescription blood pressure medication, were recalled due to high levels ...

A common refrain in the doctor’s office is to eat less salt to improve your blood pressure. But that advice might be doing more for our cardiovascular health than previously thought. Cutting about one ...

Angela Ryan Lee, MD, FACC, is a board-certified cardiology and internal medicine physician. She also holds board certifications from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the National Board ...

Records from nearly 30,000 nursing home residents indicate that blood pressure medications more than double the risk of life-threatening bone fractures, according to Rutgers Health research. The ...