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The risk of elevated blood pressure among children and teens has risen 27% over a 13-year period, and is probably caused by over-consumption of salt and rising obesity, according to a…

Lifestyle factors, lack of awareness by both patients and physicians, hesitancy in initiating and intensifying drug treatment, and healthcare structural deficiencies are amongst the reasons for the increasing…

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) is advising anyone with Type 2 diabetes or hypertension to be evaluated for sleep apnea by a…

A study appearing in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry^¹ demonstrates that grapes are able to reduce heart failure associated with chronic high blood pressure (hypertension)…

One in five Americans are completely unaware that they are at risk for the second leading cause of premature death: high blood pressure. In the first ever analysis of…

Infant girls exposed to high levels of the pesticide DDT while still inside the womb are three times more likely to develop hypertension when they become…

Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University and Yale University have discovered that a specialized receptor, normally found in the nose, is also in blood vessels throughout the body,…

Women with hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are at higher risk of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease compared with women without the disorders, according to a study…

Home blood pressure monitors may be useful to some older adults who’ve suffered a stroke, but little help to others, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that overall, home monitors…

St Jude Medical Inc said on Monday its procedure that deadens nerves near the kidneys helped lower blood pressure in a small study of patients whose hypertension could…

High blood pressure can lead to many things including a brain injury and even to premature aging of the brain and that includes people who only have a slightly…

When astronauts return to Earth, their altitude isn’t the only thing that drops—their blood pressure does too. This condition, known as orthostatic hypotension, occurs in…

A recently published editorial in the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension (JASH), “Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Should Be Included in the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES),” recognizes the importance…

Adding more yogurt to your diet without increasing the number of calories you eat may help lower your risk of high blood pressure, according to new research presented at the…

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, which promotes consumption of more fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy products, and whole grain, and less meats…

Kids are eating as much salt as adults, and those consuming the highest amounts of sodium have a two or three times greater risk of having high…

Indulging in a bag of chips or munching a handful of nuts now and then isn’t likely to hurt you in the short run, but regularly chowing down…

A Wayne State University School of Medicine study has found that an overwhelming majority of African-American patients with hypertension also suffered hidden heart disease caused…

“Maxed out on the medications,” is how Bill Ezzell describes his struggle with blood pressure. It’s dangerously high even though the North Carolina man swallows six different drugs a day.

Aggressive efforts to lower blood pressure in people with diabetes are paying off – perhaps too well, according to a new study

The research…

Disrupting certain nerves in the kidneys can safely and effectively lower blood pressure in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hypertension, according to a study appearing in…

Health data released on Wednesday provided the clearest evidence to date of the spread of chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease from developed nations to poorer regions such…

Hypertension may be a disease of the middle age or the old age, but factors leading to it start early in life, a doctor warned.

Dr. Arthur Pitargue, president of…

A 25 per cent increase in high blood pressure screening in 19 developing countries would reduce the number of cardiovascular…

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have discovered that changes in the gene expression of a key enzyme may contribute to high blood pressure…