There are many risk factors for hypertension, the medical term for high blood pressure, including genetics and unhealthy lifestyle choices.

Hypertension is a very common condition, affecting about half of all adults in the U.S. But it doesn’t always have symptoms, so about one in three people don’t know they have it. Hypertension develops ...

Hypertension affects more than one-third of the global adult population and is a leading contributor to early death from cardiovascular and other chronic diseases. While treatments for high blood ...

SAN ANTONIO — Heart disease is known as the "silent killer" because symptoms often don't appear until it is too late. This is especially the case in the Hispanic population. About half of adults with ...

A recent study by researchers from Tulane University, Harvard, and Central South University has found that controlling multiple cardiovascular risk factors significantly reduces the risk of premature ...