A new method that improves the accuracy of interpreting blood pressure measurements taken at the ankle could be vital for individuals who are unable to have their blood pressure measured on the arm. A ...

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 ...

Researchers from the University of East Anglia and biotechnology company Oxford Biodynamics have developed a new blood test ...

The new guidelines encourage patients to reduce or eliminate alcohol consumption entirely, compared with the old guidelines.

For accurate readings, check your blood pressure twice a day, take five minutes to relax, and make sure you're following your monitor's directions.

Mitchell is a professor of medicine and vice chair for research in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. During the recent White ...

Rank-and-file senators began discussing potential solutions Wednesday, though a compromise remains out of reach. The federal government remained shut down Thursday amid an ongoing partisan divide over ...

About 50% of U.S. adults will develop high BP during their lifetime. High BP is the most prevalent and modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. The overarching BP ...

Another threat of a government shutdown, plus, new guidelines for healthy blood pressure. Another threat of a government shutdown, what a Maryland representative has to say, plus, new guidelines for ...

For a change of pace this month, this column will focus on evidence-based recommendations that affect at least half of all Americans, rather than the evidence-free emanations from Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...