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. And ...

The new research will leverage nearly 40,000 blood samples to learn how blood pressure control could change the course of ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a condition where the force of the blood against the walls of the arteries is consistently too high. Surprisingly, almost 50% of Americans ages 20 and above — ...

Nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure – a condition called hypertension. Hypertension is the No. 1 risk factor for heart disease and stroke. In addition, hypertension increases risk ...

High blood pressure, sometimes called hypertension, isn't nervous tension. People who have high blood pressure don't have to be tense, compulsive or nervous. In fact, you can have high blood pressure ...

Understanding blood pressure readings can be tricky. While most people know they don't want their blood pressure to get too high (hypertension) or too low (hypotension), many people don't know how to ...