High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is a condition in which the blood force against the body’s blood vessels is consistently too high. Think of it like too much pressure in a garden hose.

According to the American Heart Association, anything above 120/80 mmHg is considered elevated blood pressure, while anything ...

Blood pressure is the amount of pressure that your blood exerts on the blood vessels in your body. As your heart beats, it contracts and relaxes, pushing blood out of the heart to the arteries, which ...

A blood pressure calculator is a simple yet powerful tool that helps you better understand your readings, track patterns over time, and take meaningful steps toward protecting your heart health. Blood ...

Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries (vessels that carry blood from the heart to the rest of your body). Blood pressure is measured in two numbers. Systolic ...

A groundbreaking UCL study reveals that your heart holds a lifelong memory of blood pressure. Even mild midlife elevations ...

Hypertension can also raise the risk of other health problems, including kidney disease and dementia. The link between blood ...

Under the new guidelines, more Americans qualify as having high blood pressure. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images The most recent guidelines prior to this new statement were in 2017. Since ...

People in their thirties may risk a heart attack or stroke in later life even when they have ‘normal’ blood pressure, if it’s too high or steeply rising ...

Medically reviewed by Jamie Johnson, RDN Key Takeaways Consuming coffee can temporarily raise blood pressure.The effect is stronger in occasional coffee drinkers, children, and adolescents.Regular ...

Last year, a study highlighted that your doctor’s office might be taking your blood pressure wrong. The current best practice is to take seated blood pressure readings with a detailed protocol: ...