For people with hypertension, the damage of unhealthy eating can have particularly negative consequences.

About one in four Americans has hypertension, a disease that elevates blood pressure and…

Older women with hypertension are at increased risk for developing brain lesions that cause dementia later in life, according to data from the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS). The…

University of Iowa researchers have shown that a protein channel helps nerve sensors in blood vessels keep blood pressure in check. Without the protein channel, known as ASIC2, the…

A widely used test for measuring nighttime blood pressure may interfere with patients’ sleep, thus affecting the results of the test, reports a study in an upcoming issue…

Does stress increase blood pressure? This simple question has been the focus of intense research for many years. Now new research has for the first…

Patients whose hypertension is managed by a physician-pharmacist team have lower blood pressure levels and are more likely to reach goals for blood pressure control than those treated…

Spot blood pressure readings in children with chronic kidney disease often fail to detect hypertension – even during doctor’s office visits — increasing a child’s risk…

If the stresses of college have put you at risk for high blood pressure, try transcendental meditation.

Blood pressure fell among college students who spent about 20 minutes at least…

A diet high in fructose increases the risk of developing high blood pressure (hypertension), according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s 42nd Annual Meeting…

A Task Force of the European Society of Hypertension have released the official European guidelines on the management and treatment of hypertension. The guidelines are an update of those…

Children whose bones are “older” than their chronological age may be at an increased risk of hypertension, according to a study reported today (19 October) in…

Treating hypertension in adults 60 years old and older can help them live longer, healthier lives, according to an updated review.

The effects might be more obvious in…

A study conducted by the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) demonstrates that, for certain patient populations, an experimental device that lowers blood pressure may be a cost effective treatment.…

People with prehypertension are not at increased risk of kidney disease if their body mass index (BMI) is under 30.0 kg/m2, a first-ever examination of the combined effect of blood…

A new review shows that diuretics — drugs often recommended as a first-line treatment for high blood pressure — are also effective when added as a second agent to…

Vitamin D deficiency in younger women is associated with increased risk of high blood pressure in mid-life

Vitamin D deficiency in premenopausal…

Don’t pass the salt: If Americans were to cut their salt intake to recommended levels, they’d have far fewer cases of high blood pressure, and save billions of dollars…

Traffic noise raises blood pressure. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Environmental Health have found that people exposed to high levels of noise from nearby roads are…

High blood pressure can make it hard for middle-aged adults to think clearly and remember things, according to a new study.

The study found that people in their mid-40s and…

Patient-doctor Communication with Patients Who Have High Blood Pressure Is Worse for Blacks than for Whites
Black patients with high blood pressure experience poorer communication with…

Summer is the time to chill out with cool summer fruits.

So, why not lower your blood pressure at the same time?

Nutrition experts at UT Southwestern Medical Center say…

A study released Monday ties high blood pressure to memory problems in people over age 45.

The study found that people with high diastolic blood pressure, which is the…

For patients with high blood pressure, there’s no evidence that aiming lower than the standard 140 over 90 millimeters mercury (mm Hg) will do any good, according to a…

People with high blood pressure that isn’t controlled by multiple medications are likely eating too much salt, new findings in the journal Hypertension show.

Individuals with so-called resistant hypertension…

Physician-scientists from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center believe that a heightened level a certain growth factor in the blood may explain why blacks have a…