Blood pressure readings are a standard part of even the most basic health checks. Now some researchers are suggesting that clinicians should change how they view diastolic blood pressure readings.

Blood pressure is the amount of pressure that your blood exerts on the blood vessels in your body. As your heart beats, it contracts and relaxes, pushing blood out of the heart to the arteries, which ...

Hypertension remains one of the leading risk factors for cardiovascular (CV) events and mortality, making its effective treatment and control a critical public health priority.1 2 In response to the ...

The combination of low diastolic blood pressure and high IOP in patients with moderate to advanced glaucoma was associated with faster ganglion cell complex thinning rates, according to a study. A ...

The American Heart Association and the American the College of Cardiology in 2025 issued guidelines to help reduce ...

Shuchi Patel, MD: Good afternoon, Dr. Ruth Williams. Thank you so much for taking the time to have a discussion with us regarding a topic that is of emerging interest. Today we're going to talk about ...