Notice your blood pressure has been creeping up lately? Smoking not only harms your lungs, but it also causes spikes in blood pressure and increases heart disease risk. Quitting smoking is crucial for ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hundreds of thousands of deaths every year in the US could be prevented by tackling just a few risk factors, according to a new study out today in the journal PLoS Medicine ...

There are many ways to help keep the vascular system healthy, such as not smoking and keeping blood pressure at a healthy level. A new study has found a link between certain midlife vascular risk ...

A trio of risk factors not only increase your risk of stroke, but they also raise the odds that such a stroke will be debilitating, a new study warns. What are these three big dangers? Smoking, having ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Following 30-minute waterpipe use, habitual users had elevated blood pressure and heart rate vs. before use. At ...

Giving up smoking helps to keep blood pressure in check, reduces the risk of cardiac arrests and cancer over time, states Dr Tayade.

Most doctors will recommend lifestyle changes and natural ways to lower blood pressure for patients with elevated blood pressure, or mild to moderate hypertension (Stage 1 or Stage 2). If that does ...

Five classic risk factors for cardiovascular disease — high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes, and smoking — at age 50 can reduce life expectancy by more than 10 years. This is the ...