Stunning as it may sound, nearly half of Americans ages 20 years and up – or more than 122 million people – have high blood pressure, according to a 2023 report from the American Heart Association.

Jones: The AHA recommends that all patients with high blood pressure use a home monitor to measure their blood pressure at least two or three times per week. In my practice, I recommend that my ...

“It means your heart is pumping blood at a good pressure and there’s no immediate reason to worry. A normal range is usually ...

Keeping one's blood pressure levels in the normal range is important. Blood pressure that's too high (hypertension) can cause severe headaches, blurred vision and may even lead to heart disease or ...

"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 ...

The notion that normal blood pressure varies with age or health conditions has evolved, notes Rigved V. Tadwalkar, M.D., a consultative cardiologist and partner at the Pacific Heart Institute in Santa ...

Q: I have been confused about what normal blood pressure is for me (or anyone). I know there are some issues on what normal is today, but let us say that normal is 120/80 mm Hg. Does this mean that ...

Blood pressure tends to rise in the early morning, usually a few hours after waking. A simple explainer on why this surge ...

Subtle blood pressure shifts can predict heart attacks a decade before typical symptoms emerge, according to cardiologist Dr.

Did you know that people with so-called “stage 1” hypertension, a modest rise in blood pressure, face a significantly greater ...