How high blood pressure disrupts your body’s natural day-night rhythm—and what it means for...
High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, can interrupt the normal patterns of blood pressure changes between day and night, a condition affecting both...
Lowering blood pressure to under 120 mm hg can save lives, study finds
A recent study shows that lowering systolic blood pressure (the top number) to less than 120 mm Hg can significantly reduce the risk of...
Millions of Americans struggle with poorly fitting home blood pressure cuffs, study finds
A recent study from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health reveals that millions of Americans may be using home blood pressure devices with...
Why home blood pressure monitoring could save lives
A recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine reveals that increasing the use of home blood pressure monitoring among U.S. adults with hypertension...
Common blood pressure drugs may affect memory, study finds
A recent study from the University of California, San Diego, has revealed that a widely used group of medications, known as anticholinergic drugs, might...
These health workers are the secret to lowering high blood pressure
A new study from Tulane University has revealed that pharmacists and community health workers may be the most effective in helping patients control high...
How your partner’s high blood pressure could affect your own health
New research shows that if one partner in a couple has high blood pressure, the other is more likely to have it too.
This finding...
B vitamins may help lower blood pressure in a surprising way
Scientists from the University of Maine have made an interesting discovery about how certain vitamins could help lower blood pressure. High blood pressure, also...
How sleep apnea triggers high blood pressure
Sleep apnea affects nearly 40 million adults in the U.S., with many relying on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines to help them breathe...
Weight loss surgery beats medications for long-term blood pressure control
A new study shows that bariatric surgery is more effective at controlling high blood pressure in people with obesity compared to using blood pressure...