Managing blood pressure is a critical piece to heart health as high blood pressure, or hypertension, is a major risk factor ...

It’s not a cure – and some patients get no benefit. But Garasic said multiple studies show on average an 8 to 10-point drop in blood pressure, a modest but important improvement. Some like Garrity see ...

Even small increases in daily movement can have a significant impact on heart health. For example, studies show that regular ...

Doctors can use blood pressure as an indicator of a person’s heart health. People with high blood pressure ... ranges according to the American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung ...

Doctors may need to prescribe medication to patients with slightly elevated blood pressure if lifestyle changes alone do not bring their levels down within six months, according to new guidance from ...

The American Heart Association ... more intense resistance training tend to raise blood pressure even further, Beckerman says. If you have high blood pressure readings to begin with, it makes ...

Dr. Jeremy Wigginton, Chief Medical Officer at Capital Blue Cross, stresses the necessity of annual blood pressure checks, ...

Everyone with high blood pressure (typically 130/80 mmHg or higher) should monitor their blood pressure at home, as per the American Heart Association. It's essential because the tracking can help ...

Nothing doctors prescribed controlled Michael Garrity’s dangerously high blood pressure — until they zapped away some nerves ...

according to the American Heart Association. Almost half of all U.S. adults have elevated blood pressure (systolic pressure between 120 and 19 and diastolic pressure less than 80). High blood ...

Centers Health Care, the largest and most complete post-acute health care continuum in the Northeast that touches one million ...