Hypertension, for a long time, has been thought to be a concern for older adults, from middle-aged to elderly people but now, even the youth are affected, with hypertension cases seeing a sharp uptick ...

Cold weather can quietly raise blood pressure by narrowing blood vessels and altering daily habits. Doctors explain why ...

Government Commissioned Report Concludes Exposure to Agent Orange May Be Linked to Development of Hypertension in US Vietnam Veterans Herbicides were sprayed by the US military over Vietnam between ...

A kinesiology professor has found that differences in the way African-American cells respond to inflammation could be a cause of higher rates of hypertension among this group. A key difference in the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Social determinants of health such as education, income and socialization were tied to risk for ...

The effect of dietary composition on blood pressure is a subject of public health importance. We studied the effect of different levels of dietary sodium, in conjunction with the Dietary Approaches to ...

In important news this month, the large Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET) was stopped early once the results in the "very elderly" subjects became clear; conversely, a post-hoc ...

Mar. 23 -- TUESDAY, March 27 (HealthDay News) -- Higher rates of diabetes and hypertension could be driving the especially high rate of heart failure among American blacks, a new study finds. The ...

If your blood pressure stays high despite healthy habits and multiple medications, you may be dealing with resistant ...