Several factors, including stress, diet, caffeine, smoking, medication use, and some health conditions, can cause fluctuating ...

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a common health problem that affects millions of people worldwide. According to statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

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 ...

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 ...

A research team from the Medical University of Vienna has investigated structural changes in kidneys of patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes. The results show that high blood pressure can ...

Scientists in the UK have discovered a gene variant that causes a common type of high blood pressure – and most importantly, found a cure. A simple surgical procedure saw patients with previously ...

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 ...

Your blood pressure regularly rises and falls, but if it changes too much within minutes, this may be one of the signs of labile hypertension. Although there’s no exact definition, this is a condition ...

Hypertension impairs blood vessels, neurons and white matter in the brain well before the condition causes a measurable rise ...

Hypertension damages brain cells long before blood pressure rises, revealing early risks for memory loss and cognitive ...

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 ...

A research team from the Medical University of Vienna has investigated structural changes in kidneys of patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes. The results show that high blood pressure can ...