The number doctors use to demarcate hypertension keeps going down, a trend applauded by many experts, who point to studies linking high blood pressure and dementia. By Paula Span The patient initially ...

Julia Ries Wexler is a writer focusing on all things health and wellness. She has over 10 years of experience in health journalism, and though she has written about pretty much every health topic ...

A new scientific review suggests that regular hot bathing could help reduce blood pressure in certain groups. However, researchers caution that small study sizes, mixed results, and unanswered ...

Hypertension can lead to heart attack and stroke, and is also linked to dementia. By Nina Agrawal In the United States, nearly half of adults have high blood pressure. Known as a “silent killer,” ...

Coffee first entered human lives and veins over 600 years ago. Now we consume an average of almost two kilos per person each year – sometimes with very specific preferences about blends and ...

Doctors often prescribe multiple medications to target different biological systems at the same time, which is more effective at lowering blood pressure than simply increasing the dose of a single ...

The use of the PREVENT (predicting risk of cardiovascular disease events) risk calculator, which combines measures of cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic health to estimate cardiovascular disease ...

Share on Pinterest Scientists have found an interesting link between beige fat and high blood pressure. Michela Ravasio/Stocksy There are several causes for high blood pressure, including obesity.

More than 70 percent of U.S. adults ages 60 and older have high blood pressure. If you’re among them—or at risk for hypertension—you’ll want to know what new guidelines from the American Heart ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a nationwide recall of thousands of bottles of blood-pressure medication last week after discovering cross-contamination with another drug. Federal ...