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 is present in almost 80% of people over age 70. 1 In most of these patients, the condition is isolated systolic hypertension. Such patients often present with one or more coexisting ...

Blood pressure is probably one of those health characteristics you’ve heard about all your life, but haven’t paid much attention to your doctors’ readings before reaching the age range where it could ...

High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is a vicious and smart adversary. It’s vicious because it greatly increases the odds of heart disease and stroke, some of the leading causes of death in ...

Normal BP is typically less than 120/80 mm Hg. Both high (hypertension) and low (hypotension) pressure can cause health ...

A giant global study finds the number of people over 30 with high blood pressure has doubled over the past 30 years, and more than half of them are not being treated for it. That's even though many ...