A pharmacist-led home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) program supported by the American Heart Association’s Heart 360 website dramatically improved blood pressure control for patients with uncontrolled hypertension, according to…

My blood pressure just jumped up: People who live in urban areas are more likely to have hypertension, and the effects are greater in women than men, according to German researchers.

The…

Anti-inflammatory drugs appear to help block the rapid kidney destruction that can occur with hypertension, Medical College of Georgia researchers report.

Treating hypertensive rats with the broad-acting anti-inflammatory drug…

Health experts are worried about the increasing number of people afflicted with hypertension in the region, and particularly in the Kingdom.

Hypertension was recently the focus of attention during a three-day…

An elevated resting heart rate is associated with an increased risk of cardiac events in high-risk hypertension, according to a secondary analysis of a large randomized trial.

Among patients randomized to…

You don’t always need prescription medications to lower your blood pressure. By making these 10 lifestyle changes, you can lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk of heart disease.

Electronic health records (EHR) with controlled interventions can produce optimal blood pressure (BP) control and reduce mortality, according to data presented at the American Society of Hypertension…

A Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study of 2,500 patient records suggests that medical staff fails to check a child’s blood pressure a fifth of the time, and…

Data unveiled today at the American Society of Hypertension Inc.‘s 25th Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition (ASH 2010) suggest children and…

Elevated urinary albumin may be a trouble sign for the kidneys and heart in hypertensive patients without diabetes, researchers found.

Microalbuminuria in a prospective cohort study in this population predicted…

In the wake of the Institute of Medicine’s report on hypertension highlighting it as a ‘neglected disease’ and urging a more focused and…

The study looked at data on 100 middle-aged men and women from low-income immigrant communities in Los Angeles who had their blood pressure checked at a health fair. Some…

Millions of patients with high blood pressure and heart failure take a class of drugs known as ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitors. These drugs prevent the body from processing angiotensin…

Diuretics are a common medication used to treat high blood pressure. They are relatively inexpensive and are widely available. In addition to high blood pressure, diuretics are often used to treat other illnesses, including:

People with high blood pressure who want to reduce their risk of having a stroke or dying prematurely should get their prescriptions filled and see their doctor regularly.

In…

Chronic feelings of loneliness take a toll on blood pressure over time, causing a marked increase after four years, according to a new study at the University…

Women with high blood pressure and blood overly rich in red blood cells are more likely to give birth to babies who are too small or born too early, researchers…

Arteries are arteries that carry the blood from the heart to other parts of your body. Raised blood pressure will occur if the blood can’t…

People with high blood pressure who want to drop some pounds may want to choose a low-carb diet, a new study shows.

In the study, overweight or obese individuals who…

Newborns of women who smoked during pregnancy show signs of circulatory dysfunction in the first few weeks of life that get worse throughout the first year, Swedish researchers…

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…