Your doctor reviews the vital signs that the nurse recorded earlier in the appointment. “Hmm, your systolic reading is high,” she says. Your blood pressure consists of two separate numbers: your ...

CHICAGO — A French study bolsters evidence that the higher number in blood pressure readings is better than the lower number at predicting heart disease risk, even in middle-age patients. For years ...

The updated guidelines recommend that people keep their systolic blood pressure under a specific number — 130 — to prevent ...

Understanding blood pressure readings can be tricky. While most people know they don't want their blood pressure to get too high (hypertension) or too low (hypotension), many people don't know how to ...

If your systolic blood pressure — the top number of your blood pressure reading — consistently edges above normal, new research from the University of Michigan suggests you're at an increased risk for ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been confused about what normal blood pressure is for me (or anyone). I know there are some issues on what normal is today, but let us say that normal is 120/80 mm Hg. Does this ...

We’ve all felt the blue Velcro cuff puff around our arms and waited in silence while a health care worker silently counted. 110 over 75: good. 124 over 75: bad. 131 over 80: yikes. What? Blood ...

New guidelines for the management of hypertension suggest that people 60 or older might be able to handle higher blood pressure readings than originally thought. Hypertension, which can lead to ...

In the past two years or so, many Americans suddenly found themselves faced with hypertension. For some 31 million, it wasn’t an abrupt surge in blood pressure that put them in that category. It was ...

High blood pressure usually has no symptoms. The only sure way to tell that you have it is to measure it with a device called a sphygmomanometer. It has a gauge and a rubber cuff that's placed around ...

PORTSMOUTH — Every visit to the family doctor automatically includes having that blood pressure cuff attached to your arm, and sometimes blood is drawn in order to check your cholesterol levels. But ...