People who forget to look at the bottom number in a blood pressure reading may want to check again. When uncontrolled, both measures of blood pressure can increase the risk of heart attack and stroke, ...

"Is a blood pressure of 130/70 anything to worry about?" It's a good question, and one doctors didn't regularly field until the Joint National Committee of the American Heart Association announced its ...

High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is a condition in which the blood force against the body’s blood vessels is consistently too high. Think of it like too much pressure in a garden hose.

High blood pressure, known as hypertension, is a major risk factor for stroke, heart disease, and kidney disease, and something we see often in the Heart & Vascular Center at Dartmouth Hitchcock ...

From an evolutionary standpoint, stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline are released into the blood to help us escape danger (to fight or flee). They increase heart rate, elevate blood pressure, ...

American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association guidelines define high blood pressure as 130/80. This means almost half of U.S. adults are considered to have high blood pressure ...

Yes, coffee can raise your blood pressure temporarily. There are also some factors that determine this increase, like your caffeine tolerance. Here’s what you need to know.

Hypertension can also raise the risk of other health problems, including kidney disease and dementia. The link between blood ...

Sign up for CNN’s Stress, But Less newsletter. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and inspire you to reduce stress while learning how to harness it. Blood ...

Earlier this year, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory saying that consuming any amount of alcohol could increase ...