In 2017, the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology updated the guidelines for high blood pressure ...

Checking your blood pressure at home or a local pharmacy can be an effective way to stay proactive about your heart health. However, when you're not receiving readings in the presence of a doctor, it ...

A growing body of research suggests that high blood pressure, or hypertension, affects men and women in different ways. Emerging research suggests that women may have an increased risk of heart attack ...

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

Women with blood pressure levels in a range considered clinically normal during pregnancy but no mid-pregnancy drop in blood pressure face an increased risk of developing hypertension in the five ...

Woman getting her blood pressure taken. Almost half of adults in the U.S. have hypertension, and only about one in four of them have it under control, according to the CDC. But Dr. Laffin says people ...

BOSTON - Some women with high blood pressure may be at higher risk of migraine. Migraine sufferers are at higher risk of strokes and heart attacks, but does having risk factors for cardiovascular ...

Doctors may soon have a new way to treat high blood pressure, even among people for whom medicines haven’t worked well in the past.Baxdrostat, an experimental medicine made by AstraZeneca, showed ...