High blood pressure during and after exercise may predict future disease
In a new study, researchers found that higher blood pressure during exercise and delayed blood pressure recovery after exercise are linked to a higher...
This common high blood pressure drug may help prevent COVID-19 complication
In a new study, researchers have identified a drug treatment that may reduce the risk of death from the most serious complication of COVID-19,...
This diet may help lower risks of diabetes and high blood pressure
In a new study, researchers found that eating at least two daily servings of dairy is linked to lower risks of diabetes and high...
Is high blood pressure inevitable? Here’s how to keep it in check
Almost every adult will face this health problem as they get older.
But knowing how blood pressure might change over a lifetime can give people...
Is it safe to go to the hospital during COVID-19 pandemic? Doctors say yes
When concerns about catching the coronavirus encourage people to stay physically distant, that's healthy.
When those fears drive ailing people away from hospitals, though, it...
Your thigh size linked to high blood pressure risk
In a new study, researchers found that large thigh circumference is linked to a lower risk for hypertension in overweight and obese people.
The research...
Common anti-inflammation drug may increase high blood pressure risk
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, affects one in five adults around the world and can have significant negative health effects.
Previous studies have reported a...
More intense blood pressure control may lower irregular heartbeat risk
Aggressively treating high blood pressure might reduce the risk of a type of irregular heartbeat, according to a new study.
Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, can...
High blood pressure drugs safe for people with COVID-19
In a new study, researchers found that common high blood pressure drugs did not increase the risk of contracting COVID-19, or of developing severe...
Nicotine exposure alone could cause dangerous high blood pressure in lungs
In a new study, researchers found for the first time that chronic exposure to inhaled nicotine alone increases blood pressure (hypertension), in both the...