Today’s cuff technique for measuring blood pressure (BP) goes back 100 years or so. While the sensors used to measure ...

The incidence of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) has increased worldwide over the past three decades, although death ...

Health experts say chronic venous insufficiency is the most common vascular disease in the country. What is it?

Increasing irisin, found at lower levels in people with PAH, may help slow disease progression by stopping vascular ...

A dangerously high blood pressure reading for women is 180/120 mm Hg or higher. Learn more about the health risks and when to ...

There’s mixed evidence that garlic may help lower blood pressure. However, it may not be an effective treatment option for ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer In the United States, almost half of adults have high blood pressure (hypertension). High blood pressure occurs when the force of blood becomes too high as it pushes ...

Systolic blood pressure: a measure of the force of blood flow as it’s pumped out from the heart. Diastolic blood pressure: a measure of arterial pressure as your heart rests between beats.

Hibiscus, ginger, garlic, cinnamon, and other herbs may help lower blood pressure naturally. Practical tips can help you add them to your routine.

Systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial pressures (MAP) are the 3 BP values typically reported; to interpret a BP reading, all 3 must be evaluated. Systolic and diastolic BP are the pressures at ...

Eating two servings of mangoes each day may help support postmenopausal heart health by lowering blood pressure and "bad" cholesterol levels, a new study has found.

Before blood pressure (BP) was measured and before any cardiovascular risk factors were formally established, palpation of pulses, with specific patterns associated with arterial stiffness, were ...