High blood pressure can cause common heart rate disease
A heart arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat.
Heart rhythm problems (heart arrhythmias) occur when the electrical signals that coordinate the heart's beats don't work properly.
The...
Common drugs for pain and fever linked to high blood pressure, study finds
Paracetamol is one of the most popular drugs used to treat pain and fever available without a prescription.
It is the drug of choice in...
Blood pressure drug effective at any time of day
Half of all Americans have high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, and many don’t even know they have it.
High blood pressure develops when...
Your age may determine which blood pressure number matters most
Blood pressure is measured using two numbers.
The first number, called systolic blood pressure, measures the pressure in your arteries when your heart beats.
The second number, called diastolic blood...
A new way to treat drug-resistant high blood pressure
Drug-resistant high blood pressure is a condition where your blood pressure remains high or uncontrolled despite the medications you take to lower it.
In a...
Why obesity causes high blood pressure—and how to stop it
Obesity is a common, serious, and costly chronic disease in adults and children.
In 2017, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association...
Scientists find a key contributor to high blood pressure
High blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, two leading causes of death for Americans.
High blood pressure is also very common....
Bottom blood pressure number could help predict your dementia risk
In a recent study from the University of Miami, scientists found that the bottom number (diastolic blood pressure) on a blood pressure test could...
A safe and more effective way to treat high blood pressure
High blood pressure increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, two leading causes of death for Americans.
Tens of millions of adults in the United States have...
Both blood pressure numbers could predict your heart attack, stroke
Blood pressure is made up of two numbers: systolic and diastolic.
Systolic blood pressure is the pressure when the ventricles pump blood out of the...