Postural hypotension, also called orthostatic hypotension, is a sudden and exaggerated reduction in blood pressure that happens in some people when they stand up. Symptoms can include light-headedness ...

Researchers in Canada say they’ve come up with two simple physical techniques to help prevent a common cause of dizziness and fainting. In a small trial, they found that these maneuvers, which involve ...

Intensive antihypertensive treatment provides the same benefit with regard to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality regardless of the presence or absence of orthostatic or standing ...

The attending physician, a doctor for 45 years, had never seen the obscure problem causing these symptoms. By Lisa Sanders, M.D. The 69-year-old man rose from his desk at the guard station in the ...

Paris, FRANCE — A new expert consensus on the management of orthostatic hypotension has been developed by the French Society of Neurology, the French Society of Cardiology, and the French Society of ...

In patients with heart failure, orthostatic hypotension 3 minutes after active standing may indicate poor long-term outcomes. Orthostatic hypotension (OH) at 3 minutes after active standing may be ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Orthostatic hypotension and anxiety may contribute to fatigue in patients with types of multiple system atrophy, ...