However, guidelines for blood pressure targets in older adults differ among medical organizations, especially when they have ...

Use this blood pressure chart to interpret your blood pressure readings and monitor this important heart health metric from ...

A new study from Yale University has revealed a troubling trend: more and more older Americans are ending up in the hospital ...

In 1990, elderly persons accounted for 13% of the population and are expected to account for 20% of the population by the year 2040. Hypertension, defined as a systolic blood pressure (SBP ...

Elderly people benefit from taking medications to keep their blood pressure low, same as younger folks, a new study says. Systolic blood pressure kept under 130 reduces the risk of heart-related ...

Keeping systolic blood pressure under 130 lowers the risk of heart-related death by about 26% among people 80 or older, according to the researchers. “Blood pressure above 145 was linked to a ...