Nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure – a condition called hypertension. Hypertension is the No. 1 risk factor for heart disease and stroke. In addition, hypertension increases risk ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects roughly half of Americans, depending on one’s definition of hypertension.

The updated guidelines recommend that people keep their systolic blood pressure under a specific number — 130 — to prevent cognitive decline and dementia. (Again, systolic blood pressure is the first ...

Net benefits of treatment were compared across categories of age, SPRINT-derived frailty status, and polypharmacy. HealthDay News — Most older adults in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial ...

The new drug Baxdrostat lowers resistant hypertension in difficult-to-treat patients, showing promising results in a global ...

Aldosterone increases blood pressure and contributes to chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression. Trial findings suggest baxdrostat may be an effective treatment.

In patients with hypertension, renal denervation results in significant improvements in systolic blood pressure. Renal denervation (RDN) results in clinically meaningful and significantly greater ...

For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), methotrexate significantly reduces systolic blood pressure (SBP), according to a study.

Researchers created a tool to estimate how much different drugs lower blood pressure. It may transform hypertension care by ...

The addition of baxdrostat, an aldosterone synthase inhibitor, to background therapy yields a significant reduction in seated systolic blood pressure among patients with uncontrolled or resistant ...

No significant benefit seen for HEPA versus sham filter for diastolic BP or among those with normal systolic BP. HealthDay News — The use of in-home high-efficiency particulate arrestance (HEPA) ...