High blood pressure at birth may be an early warning sign, setting the stage for cardiovascular disease later in life. A longitudinal study, the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort, set out to understand whether ...

Nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure — a condition called hypertension. Hypertension is the No. 1 risk factor for heart disease and stroke. In addition, hypertension increases risk of ...

Some processed foods contain ingredients that may cause blood pressure to spike. Learn which foods to limit if you have ...

Experts explain what healthy blood pressure looks like at different ages and when high readings need action ...

Levels of hypertension in developing countries appear to be similar to those in the United States according to the new American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) definition ...

High blood pressure is often described as a silent threat inside the body. People typically connect it with heart attacks or strokes that strike without much warning. However, the same raised pressure ...

A new genetic study suggests that obesity and high blood pressure may play a direct role in causing dementia, not just increasing the risk. By analyzing data from large populations in Denmark and the ...

High blood pressure becomes more common after age 40years yet new research from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA ...