You’re likely familiar with getting your blood pressure taken, the cuff squeezing your arm before generating two numbers. Yet this vital sign contains a third, lesser-known number that matters for ...

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality around the world, says Cliff Berger, M.D., F.A.C.C., chief of cardiology at Beth Israel ...

A new blood pressure medication has been approved in the U.S., but this one isn't quite like others that help treat hypertension. Baxfendy, from pharmaceutical maker AstraZeneca, is the "first and ...

Coffee may give your blood pressure a temporary jolt, but that doesn’t mean it’s secretly wrecking your heart. Researchers say caffeine can briefly raise blood pressure by stimulating your heart and ...

Daily doses of peppermint oil have been proved to lower blood pressure for patients with mildly high readings, new research has found. A team of University of Lancashire academics discovered a daily ...

The number doctors use to demarcate hypertension keeps going down, a trend applauded by many experts, who point to studies linking high blood pressure and dementia. By Paula Span The patient initially ...

Measures blood pressure without clamping your wrist. Long battery life. Waterproof. Can measure your blood pressure while you're sleeping! But there’s a reason why blood pressure is one of the first ...

Coffee first entered human lives and veins over 600 years ago. Now we consume an average of almost two kilos per person each year – sometimes with very specific preferences about blends and ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, happens when the force of blood pushing against your artery walls is too high over time. High blood pressure is usually a symptomless condition. Fatigue is also ...

The Federal Drug Administration said drugmakers have recalled more than 580,000 bottles of a blood pressure medication over concerns that it may include a cancer-causing chemical. New Jersey-based ...

More than half a million bottles of blood pressure medication are being recalled over a cancer-causing chemical connected to the prescription drug, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.