Aerobic exercise, which strengthens your heart so it can pump with less effort, was the second-most-effective intervention, after the DASH diet. Isometric resistance exercise — when you contract ...

High blood pressure quietly raises the risk of heart attacks and strokes—but the right daily habits can help bring it back ...

A new drug has been found to significantly lower blood pressure in people with dangerously high levels despite taking several existing medicines, an advance that could help address hard-to-treat ...

Eating beets regularly increases your intake of natural nitrates, which can help manage blood pressure levels.

Furosemide, a diuretic, helps lower blood pressure by reducing excess fluid and salt in the body. It is considered a second-line treatment and is often used when medications such as thiazide are not ...

AHA now recommends treatment for elevated blood pressure starting at 120–129/under 80 mmHg. High blood pressure (130/80+) remains a treatment threshold under the 2025 guidelines. Goal: reduce U.S.

Between 2021 and 2023, 47% of Americans had hypertension, based on NHANES data. During those years, 79% of people with ...

Treating out-of-control blood pressure with antihypertensive medication can greatly reduce your risk for heart attack, stroke and heart failure, but the current approach to treatment can't undo all of ...

Four out of five American adults with high blood pressure don't have their condition under control, putting them at increased ...

The second cycle of analyses of the Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists' Collaboration (BPLTTC) has confirmed that ACE inhibitors, calcium channel blockers (CCBs), and diuretics/beta-blockers ...

“Current guidelines require frequent, carefully timed blood pressure measurements for accuracy, but the reality of patients’ ...

High blood pressure often has no obvious symptoms. Learn the subtle warning signs, who is most at risk, and when symptoms ...