Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Checking your blood pressure at home or a local pharmacy can be an effective way to stay proactive about your heart health.

High blood pressure at birth may be an early warning sign, setting the stage for cardiovascular disease later in life. A longitudinal study, the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort, set out to understand whether ...

Dr. Blumethal answers the question: 'Age And Risk Of High Blood Pressure?' — -- Question: How does age affect my risk of developing high blood pressure? Answer: With increasing age, our blood ...

A blood pressure as low as 120/80 mm Hg in adolescence can be linked to a higher risk of atherosclerosis in middle age, according to a study led from Linköping University, Sweden. The findings, ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

Stage I nocturnal hypertension is linked to an increased risk for kidney function deterioration in patients with chronic kidney disease.

High blood pressure becomes more common after age 40, yet new research from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin shows that many people in Ireland with hypertension ...

ALMOST everyone who suffers a heart attack, stroke or heart failure shows warning signs well before their first event, a major study has revealed. Scientists from the US found more than 99 per ...