Sleep apnea is a condition that causes a sleeper’s breathing to pause when the muscles of the throat relax too much and the ...

A new study finds that the way your arm is positioned during a blood pressure reading can skew measurements, sometimes ...

But it’s not how medicine is usually practiced. Most primary medical care in my practice and others is delivered ...

A recent Johns Hopkins University study found small details like where your arm is positioned or how you’re sitting could make a big difference in the accuracy of your blood pressure reading—and in ...

They can help in many cases, but you'll want to know about their risks and how to use them correctly. That's especially true for people with high blood pressure. Many over-the-counter (OTC ...

Patients who go to the doctor to provide a blood sample are typically faced with a needle and syringe and hours or days of ...

Several medications are available to treat high blood pressure, but more than 10 million Americans do not respond to the treatments, according to the American Heart Association.

Kim, an associate professor of neuroscience and engineering at Brown, found a way to use cortical spheroids to study a type ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a condition that affects millions of people around the world. Often called the “silent killer,” it has no obvious symptoms but can lead to serious health ...

It’s the thing we dread hearing at our midlife health check, but in fact an early diagnosis could prove a blessing. High ...

More than 17 million U.S. adults may be unable to get accurate blood pressure measurements at home from popular ...