"Is a blood pressure of 130/70 anything to worry about?" It's a good question, and one doctors didn't regularly field until the Joint National Committee of the American Heart Association announced its ...

American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association guidelines define high blood pressure as 130/80. This means almost half of U.S. adults are considered to have high blood pressure ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — February is American Heart Month, and knowing your blood pressure is a big part of staying healthy. Blood pressure tells a doctor how well your heart is pumping blood ...

Blood pressure is the amount of pressure that your blood exerts on the blood vessels in your body. As your heart beats, it contracts and relaxes, pushing blood out of the heart to the arteries, which ...

Nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure. "High blood pressure (also called hypertension) puts you at ...

If you have reduced your intake of salt and your blood pressure is still high, there may be a deeper reason for many people.

These numbers are ideal when it comes to living a long and healthy life. That’s a healthy blood pressure reading, according to Tasmania-based cardiologist Dr Warrick Bishop. So what exactly is blood ...

It's the single biggest cause of deadly conditions like heart attacks and strokes – but identifying and treating it is ...

If one of your health goals is lowering your blood pressure, one fruit you may want to think about incorporating into your ...

An estimated 114 million children have high blood pressure, with childhood obesity rates driving cases of the condition.