Hypertension

High Blood Pressure Can Lead To Heart Disease High Blood Pressure is commonly called the "Silent Killer" because it has no symptoms or warning signs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that one in three American adults have high blood pressure. Could you be that one?As blood travels through the body, it applies force on the artery walls; this force is blood pressure. ...Read more

Energy Drinks May Raise Blood Pressure People who have high blood pressure or heart disease should avoid consuming energy drinks, researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit recommend. Researchers found that healthy adults who drank two cans a day of a popular energy drink experienced an increase in their blood pressure and heart rate but no significant changes in EKG measurements wer...Read more

Hypertension Risk Increases With Age Lots of us mistakenly believe that high blood pressure is more common among men. The truth is nearly half of all adults with high blood pressure are women. In fact, beginning at age 65, or following the onset of menopause, women are actually more likely to have this condition than men. Three out of four women with high blood pressure know t...Read more

Deadly Hypertension Symptoms Do you notice how each visit to the doctors office begins with a blood pressure measurement? That's because hypertension, commonly referred to as high blood pressure, is a significant risk factor in developing a number of health issues.The most frightening part about high blood pressure is that there are no symptoms until it becomes very severe. A ...Read more

High Blood Pressure Diet Plans & Nutrition Hypertension, or high blood pressure, affects one in three American adults. Hypertension is strongly related to heart disease, kidney disorders, atherosclerosis, heart attack, and stroke. Though the dangers can be frightening, the good news is that, once detected, hypertension can be treated through lifestyle changes in diet in exercise. If your bl...Read more

Experts: Over-55s Should Take Blood Pressure Drugs Everyone aged 55 and over should be taking drugs to lower their blood pressure, even if their current reading is normal, an expert said. Publishing a review of almost 150 studies, Professor Malcolm Law said the drugs lowered the risk of heart attack, heart failure and stroke, regardless of somebody's current reading. He and colleagues published the...Read more