According to Dr. Shari R. Waldstein, of the University of Maryland, elevated blood pressure causes cognitive impairments in older people. Dr. Shari's research, which examined subjects over a period of seven ... Read More

The number of Americans reaching treatment goals for high blood pressure rose 8% for 2003-2004 compared to 1999-2000. Encouraging news, according to researchers, who published the data in the journal ... Read More

Research conducted by Kaberi Dasgupta, MD, of the McGill University Health Center, and published in the journal Circulation, indicates that teenage boys are at higher risk for developing high blood ... Read More

Elevated levels of uric acid, a natural waste product normally excreted in urine, have been found to have a predictive role for high blood pressure in African Americans. This, ... Read More

Recent data produced by the European ASCOT study has shown a dramatic reduction in heart attack risk from combining two drugs: Atorvastatin, used to treat high cholesterol, and Amlodipine, a ... Read More

As part of an ongoing effort to develop "self care" guidelines and information sources, the Mayo Clinic has recently chosen to highlight the dangers of high blood pressure in post-menopausal ... Read More