Medically reviewed by Angela Ryan Lee, MD Normal blood pressure for adult women is less than 120/80 mmHg.Blood pressure may increase with age due to less flexible blood vessels.Exercise and a ...

Taking blood pressure meds? Experts explain which foods and drinks can interfere—and how to avoid common mistakes.

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a condition where the force of the blood against the walls of the arteries is consistently too high. Surprisingly, almost 50% of Americans ages 20 and above — ...

Stunning as it may sound, nearly half of Americans ages 20 years and up—or more than 122 million people—have high blood pressure, according to a 2023 report from the American Heart Association. And ...

High blood pressure, sometimes called hypertension, isn't nervous tension. People who have high blood pressure don't have to be tense, compulsive or nervous. In fact, you can have high blood pressure ...

Using data from both mice and humans, a research team has found that a cell surface protein that senses odors and chemicals may be responsible for -- and help explain -- male/female differences in ...

* Missed hour of sleep raises risk by 37 pct over 5 years * Poor sleep may explain blood pressure rates in black men By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, June 8 (Reuters) - Middle-aged adults who get too ...

A new study finds that a high-salt diet triggers brain inflammation that drives up blood pressure. The research, led by McGill University scientist Masha Prager-Khoutorsky in collaboration with an ...

Evidence suggests decreased sodium absorption could be a contributing factor in at least some patients. CHICAGO—Decreased sodium absorption may explain blood pressure (BP) reductions observed with ...