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 ...

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 ...