Because blood pressure tends to increase with age, and doctors don't completely understand why, some medical societies disagree about the effectiveness and safety of treating older adults for high ...

A percentile shows the relative position of the child's measurement (such as Blood Pressure or Height) among children of the same sex and age. For example, a boy at the 25th percentile for height is ...

If you have high blood pressure, your heart has to work harder than normal to pump blood throughout your body. Over time, hypertension can lead to serious medical problems including stroke ...

Results from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) have supported lower blood pressure targets among community-dwelling older adults with hypertension to reduce the risk of ...

A new study reports that later-onset menopause is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular compared to those who stop ...

Results 26 cases and 26 controls, mean age 28±4 years, were included ... masked hypertension (normal office blood pressure and high ambulatory blood pressure) in professional male football players.

Disparities in how high blood pressure and cardiovascular risks may develop among South Asian and East Asian adults in the ...

South Asian and East Asian adults living in the United Kingdom may have distinct trajectories to develop high blood pressure over their life course, according to new research published today in ...