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 of ...

High blood pressure is a common medical condition that can lead to heart disease, if it's left untreated. Here's how to know ...

It's normal for blood pressure to increase when you wake up. But a drastic increase could be the result of various lifestyle ...

The study found that people with lower diastolic blood pressure (below 80) had fewer of these brain lesions. In contrast, people with higher diastolic pressure (above 90) had more lesions. This means ...

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Blood pressure is the amount of pressure that your blood exerts on the blood vessels in your body. As your heart beats, it contracts and relaxes, pushing blood out of the heart to the arteries, which ...

To lower your blood pressure naturally, without medication, try exercising regularly, eating healthy, and reducing stress ...

Any boozing can cause your blood pressure to go up, a new study shows.Even slight increases in alcohol consumption ar ...

“Sleep apnea is a common condition where breathing stops and starts many times during sleep,” says Corteville. He explains that these drops in oxygen put stress on the heart and blood vessels, ...

Ritu Trivedi is a member of the Australian National Hypertension Taskforce working groups for patient activation and engagement, and awareness and screening of high blood pressure. Dean Picone ...