High blood pressure can be a silent disease; people can have it without realizing it. Here are the lifestyle factors that can ...

She later learned she suffered a hypertensive crisis 1 — meaning she had an extreme and sudden spike in blood pressure. The ...

Coffee may give your blood pressure a temporary jolt, but that doesn’t mean it’s secretly wrecking your heart. Researchers ...

DEFINITION: A Tagalog term for Hypertension or high blood pressure.

Dr. Icilma Fergus, director of cardiovascular disparities at Mount Sinai, joins TODAY to break down the importance of ...

Stress is a far less studied cause of heart disease than diabetes and high cholesterol and too often dismissed as a reality ...

Eating spinach regularly may help lower blood pressure. Learn about the health benefits of spinach and why some people may want to eat it sparingly.

High blood pressure, formally known as hypertension, is a leading cause of heart disease in the United States, impacting ...

A higher dietary intake of soy and legumes is linked to a lower risk of high blood pressure, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published in the open access journal BMJ Nutrition ...

New research suggests that aiming for a lower blood pressure target may deliver bigger heart health benefits than previously thought. Using large datasets and simulation models, scientists found that ...

Efforts are advancing to track this silent killer that lurks without symptoms with standards that have changed to flag more for monitoring.

Heidi Cope is a health and science writer based in Fort Worth, Texas. She often writes long-form, informational content about health, wellness, and disability, and enjoys interviewing healthcare ...