As individuals age, various physiological changes occur in the body, and blood pressure is no exception. Maintaining healthy ...

Arteries get stiffer, causing blood pressure to go up,” they add. That’s true even for very health and heart-conscious people ...

That's especially true for people with high blood pressure. Many over-the-counter (OTC) painkillers can push your blood pressure higher. That can be dangerous. Since high blood pressure has no ...

It’s well known that blood pressure tends to rise from childhood into middle age, but scientists have long been uncertain ...

How often should you test your glucose and A1C? How do food, sleep and exercise affect blood sugar? Here’s what to know.

Keeping your brain sharp as you age has a lot to do with your heart — and the younger you start taking better care of it, the ...

There’s a bias towards older people because doctors are concerned that they won’t do well on these lower blood pressures,” ...

Researchers say their findings underscore the importance of adhering to clinical guidelines, which call for firm arm support ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, occurs when the force of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries is ...

But researchers found that clinicians often measure blood pressure while patients are seated on an exam table with little, if ...

The study found that lap support overestimated systolic blood pressure (the top number in a blood pressure reading) by nearly 4 mmHg, while an arm hanging at the patients side overestimated it by ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 85 years old and in basically good health for my age. I am an active nonsmoker ... How long can I go on ...