Nearly 1 in 2 Americans has high blood pressure—sometimes called the "silent killer" because it harms the heart and blood vessels—but many people don't know they have it. In a study being presented at ...

High blood pressure during pregnancy is a serious concern for any woman. In addition to posing a threat to the health of the ...

Efforts are advancing to track this silent killer that lurks without symptoms with standards that have changed to flag more ...

Extremely high cortisol levels (Cushing's syndrome) can lead to treatment-resistant high blood pressure. Learn how this ...

A study is called “really, really important” in showing how teams can induce patients to get their blood pressure under ...

Nearly half of adults in the United States have hypertension, or high blood pressure — but many of them, an estimated 11 million people, don’t know it. The condition is a leading cause of preventable ...

A new analysis of hypertension guidelines suggests some older adults — mostly women — with slightly high blood pressure could safely hold off on medications if they’re otherwise in relatively good ...

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