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 ...

Everyone talks about blood pressure like it's a fixed score, but it actually moves along with age. The numbers that look ...

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 ...

Be honest, when was the last time you had your blood pressure checked? No, really? The health marker is something many of us gloss over, and it's easy to skim through the years completely unaware of ...

Medically reviewed by Angela Ryan Lee, MD 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 ...

New recommendations from the American Heart Association aim for early treatment, including lifestyle changes and medications, once systolic blood pressure rises above 130/80 mm Hg, which stands for ...