Vesna D Garovic is an attending physician in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at Mayo Clinic, and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN, USA. Anthony A ...

Adolescents who meet the recommended guidelines of nine to 11 hours of sleep per day were shown to have a significantly lower risk of hypertension, according to a study.

Here are five things to know from the findings: Prevalence of hypertension in men was 50.8% and 44.6% in women. Prevalence increased with age: 23.4% in ages 18-39, 52.5% in ages 40-59 and 71.6% in ...

The study demonstrates that activating the vitamin D receptor (VDR) with calcitriol suppresses cell proliferation in ...

Vitamin D supplements may lower blood pressure in older people with obesity and taking more than the Institutes of Medicine's (IOM) recommended daily dose does not provide additional health benefits, ...

UW Health's Dr. Jeff Pothof discusses a new report that found roughly 41% of U.S. adults have high blood pressure and are ...

WHAT IS it like to have CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome), also known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy or the “suicide ...

Reimas Geiga, MD, a medical doctor, registered dietitian ... and effective weight management are all important for long-term ...

Kawasaki disease (KD), an acute self-limited febrile illness that primarily affects children <5 years old, is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in developed countries, with the potential of ...

Health researchers are noticing a growing problem in American pregnancies: more cases of blood pressure so high it can be deadly for the parent and baby. U.S. rates of newly developed and chronic ...

Voting is underway in Kerala's Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency for the by-election. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her electoral debut against 15 other candidates. The bypoll was ...