About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly double today’s toll, researchers reported recently. That estimate is based on a new study that found a higher ...

Intensive blood pressure control for adults with hypertension and high cardiovascular risk can reduce the risk of mild ...

Lose weight: He lost around 5 kg of body weight and saw his readings improve. Blood pressure goes down by 1 mm Hg with each ...

Regularly monitoring blood pressure is essential, but are you doing it right? New research reveals that lying down for ...

Stroke is the leading cause of death in women, who also have a higher lifetime risk of stroke than men. Mercy Medical Center cardiologist Dr. Dawn Kershner said risk factors include high blood ...

So perhaps it’s not all that shocking to learn that “healthy” cholesterol readings aren’t the same for an 11-year-old and a ...

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: ...

About half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, a major risk for heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure, even dementia.

"I picked up my phone 10 minutes later to two missed calls and a voicemail from my OBGYN telling me to go to the hospital ...

You can check your blood pressure at home with or without using a digital monitor. Here are the steps you need to measure ...

You know that keeping your blood pressure (BP) in a healthy range (below 120/80 mmHg) helps keep your arteries clear and your ...