High blood pressure (hypertension) is on the rise in the United States but more Americans than ever before are getting diagnosed and treated for the disease, according to a report published in the latest issue of Hypertension: Journal of the…

In a study employing 20 sets of identical adult twins, each one coping with high blood pressure, European researchers documented two heart-healthy benefits in olive leaf extract - lowered cholesterol levels and lowered blood pressure rates - and the results…

When teenagers don’t get adequate amounts of sleep, their health suffers in much the same way sleep deprivation affects adult health. One health risk sleepy teens face is higher blood pressure (hypertension), a medical condition that can lead to serious…

Almost one-third of all American adults battles hypertension.  On a global basis, hypertension, or high blood pressure (BP), is a leading cause of death.  The medical condition increases a patient’s risk of developing disabling cardiovascular or kidney diseases that can…

The American Heart Association recommends that children over age 3 receive annual blood pressure measurements, noting that even babies can have high blood pressure. A new analysis of blood pressure studies shows that high blood pressure in childhood is a…

Researchers who studied the dining habits of almost 89,000 women over a period of 24 years have concluded that those who routinely consumed a diet as close as possible to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet were at…

Nobody wants high blood pressure clouding their lives but researchers in Norway seem to have found a silver lining in that cloud.  Seems the stiff, hardened arteries often associated with high blood pressure may actually protect against the agonizing pain…

If you want to lower your blood pressure, then marriage seems to be the way according to a study by Brigham Young University professor Julianne Holt-Lunstad.

A rare genetic disorder, Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is known to interfere with the brain’s ability to signal the body to stop eating when enough food has been consumed. The brain uses the hormone leptin to signal satiety. Leptin is also…

A study published in the February issue of Hypertension, a journal of the American Heart Association, found that testing for increased levels of albumin in the urine can predict hypertension in black adolescents.

Men in the U.S. are 61 percent more likely to suffer a stroke than European men. U.S. women have almost twice the likelihood of suffering a stroke than European women. These statistics were recently provided through a study at the…

Clothes are getting ready to enter the high tech world. You knew it was only a matter of time! European researchers are now saying the market is finally ready for high tech clothes that can monitor a person’s heart beat…

The Hypertension Journal from the American Heart Association has just published some fascinating findings on the relationship between milk and natural calcium intake, and the possible reduction of hypertension among women.

A new study which was noted by D. Lars Jarup at Imperial College, London has shown that people may want to start wearing ear plugs more often. Sounds that were recorded and played back at over 35 decibels have been…