The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) incorporates evidence published since JNC 6 was issued in 1997.

There were 941,652 heart-related deaths in 2022, an increase of more than 10,000 from the 931,578 deaths in 2021. The report indicates that heart-related deaths appear to be leveling out after a ...

High blood pressure isn’t classified as heart disease, but it plays a crucial role in the development of heart disease and ...

TODAY's weatherman and more is speaking out after his image was used in a scam driven by artificial intelligence.

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Many individuals report needing multiple pillows to sleep comfortably or feeling suddenly breathless when lying down. These symptoms often indicate that high blood pressure has begun affecting ...

A new report from the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration suggests that screening for both high blood pressure (hypertension) and irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation, AF) during routine medical ...

A group of 29 international experts says that simultaneous screening for hypertension and heart arrhythmia could prevent thousands of strokes.

Public health experts have urged the government to ensure a significant increase in budgetary allocation to combat the growing prevalence of hypertension and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in ...

A new study has found that some women who maintain blood pressure levels within the clinically normal range during pregnancy ...

Hypertension and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for 71% of total deaths in Bangladesh, yet only 4.2% of the ...