Checking your blood pressure at home or a local pharmacy can be an effective way to stay proactive about your heart health. However, when you’re not receiving readings in the presence of a doctor, it ...

Consuming added sugars affects blood vessel health and increases the risk of high blood pressure (hypertension). It also affects heart disease and obesity risk.

Using a blood pressure chart by age can help you interpret your results to see how they compare to the normal ranges across groups and within your own age cohort. Monitoring your blood pressure (BP) ...

Certain common OTC painkillers have been linked to an increased risk of high blood pressure, stroke and heart attacks.

Black women who develop high blood pressure before age 35 may have triple the risk of having a stroke by middle age, new data suggests. The findings come as the medical community has noted with ...

The prevalence of elevated blood pressure in children is rising. A study suggested that higher blood pressure at age 7 was linked to a greater risk of early death from cardiovascular disease in ...

Higher levels of the minerals copper and manganese in pregnant women were associated with lower blood pressure and a reduced risk of developing high blood pressure decades later, according to a ...

The American Heart Association and the American the College of Cardiology in 2025 issued guidelines to help reduce ...