About 12% of the U.S. population had high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes at the same time in 2018, up from 6% in 1999, researchers reported recently in the journal Diabetes Care.

Usually high blood pressure, or hypertension, doesn’t have symptoms; hence it is considered a silent killer, but especially when the blood pressure is markedly elevated, a few of the patients ...

With May being National High Blood Pressure Education Month, now is a great time to reflect on staying healthy. About half of American adults have high blood pressure, but only about 25% of them ...

Hypertension, known as High Blood Pressure in layman language, occurs when the force of blood against the artery walls is consistently too high. On a global level, this has been set to any reading ...

You bet. Bananas fight high blood pressure primarily through their potassium content, says Angelo Falcone, MD, an integrative medicine physician and founder of Dignity Integrative Health and Wellness.

Carrying excess weight, especially around the abdomen, puts extra pressure on the heart and blood vessels. Losing even 5–10% of your body weight can significantly reduce blood pressure.

High blood pressure is anything higher than 130 over 80,” says Dr. Laurel Soot, chief medical officer at Providence Health Plan and volunteer with the American Heart Association.

For instance, people who had high blood pressure readings while lying down but not while seated had an estimated 53 percent higher relative risk of coronary heart disease than people with normal ...

The Apple Watch Series 11 and Watch Ultra 3 may bring blood pressure readings later this year. Here's a look at why it's such a tricky tech problem to solve.

Gurman said Apple will bring blood pressure sensing support to both the Apple Watch Series 11 and Apple Watch Ultra 3 models this year. Initially, the feature will not support actual readings.

It’s a technology that Apple has tried to crack for a while now, but Mark Gurman said in his Power On! newsletter that we might see blood pressure sensors in the next iteration of the Apple Watch.

Researchers have developed theories as to why blood pressure can be heightened from mouthwash use, and a few studies support these theories, but more research is needed to confirm their results.