Men were more likely than women to have high blood pressure, federal officials found, but men were also less likely than women to know they had hypertension.

In 2017, the American Heart Association and other health organizations revised the definition of high blood pressure, ...

Sep. 5, 2024 — Over-the-counter blood pressure measuring devices offer a simple, affordable way for people to track hypertension at home, but the standard arm-size ranges for these devices won't ...

Orthostatic hypertension is an underappreciated but ... form of blood pressure dysregulation There is no generally accepted definition of orthostatic hypertension; an increase in systolic blood ...

All of the incremental benefits and harms of the expanded definition of hypertension don't appear to have been considered when the new guidelines were drafted." She found that 80% of newly diagnosed ...

Got high blood pressure? When you eat breakfast counts! Reviewed by Dietitian Karen Ansel, M.S., RDN Getty Images They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But did you know it can ...

Evidence shows that high blood pressure increases a person’s risk of developing dementia. Long-term research studies have demonstrated that people who had high blood pressure in mid-life (from 40-64 ...

The statistics, however, don't back that up. In 2023, the share of adults with hypertension in New Jersey was 34.4%. That may ...

The condition causes more than 70,000 maternal deaths every year – but its causes continue to elude scientists.

Portal hypertension is an abnormal increase in blood pressure defined clinically as hepatic venous pressure gradient 5 mmHg in the hepatic portal vein system. Causes of portal hypertension ...

[21] This definition, in the absence of other more ... of either passive tilting or active standing to elicit orthostatic hypertension, the phenomenon and associated clinical findings are seen ...