High blood pressure is the top risk factor for disability, dementia, and early death worldwide... and knowing your numbers can impact both your health and your life insurance.

A new guideline to diagnose and treat hypertension is aimed at helping primary care clinicians, including family physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists, manage the disease.

A new program developed by a research team focuses on diet, exercise, and sleep as the keys to lowering your blood pressure without using drugs. Share on Pinterest For people with elevated blood ...

Warsaw Community Public Library is now offering a new health-focused service in partnership with Live Well Kosciusko and the American Heart Association.

The new tool, available starting today at 10 a.m., offers visitors a quick and easy way to check their blood pressure—an essential step in identifying and preventing severe health conditions.

Blood pressure, also known as BP, is a term that's a measurement of the pressure or force of blood inside your arteries. When your heart beats, it pumps blood into the arteries that carry blood ...

For doctors trying to determine whether a patient's blood pressure is within normal range, the answer may depend on the type of graph they're looking at. A new study from the University of ...

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is known to have a direct impact on heart attack and stroke risk — but a new study has revealed its surprising link to brain health. In a large, randomized ...

“Usually, when we have high blood pressure, we are advised to eat less salt,” said the study’s corresponding author, Dr Anita Layton, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science ...

A new study suggests that managing dietary potassium, particularly by consuming more bananas, may be a more effective strategy for lowering blood pressure than focusing solely on reducing sodium ...