It may come as a surprise, but baked goods like cookies, cakes, and packaged pastries can also contribute to hypertension.

Scientists in the UK have discovered a gene variant that causes a common type of high blood pressure – and most importantly, found a cure. A simple surgical procedure saw patients with previously ...

Both the cause and a potential cure for the most common identifiable and specifically treatable cause of hypertension – aldosterone-producing adenomas (APAs) – have been revealed by researchers from ...

When hypertension occurs as a result of another condition, it’s known as secondary hypertension. Chronic kidney disease is a common cause. Treatment involves treating the underlying cause. Share on ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a type of pulmonary hypertension that causes high blood pressure in the small arteries of the lungs. It is a serious condition that can impair blood flow, ...

Are All Drugs the Same? The most comprehensive attempt to compare the clinical end point effects of different drug classes was carried out in the Swedish Trial in Old Patients With Hypertension-2 ...

July 16 (UPI) --Doctors are regularly overlooking a common hormone-driven cause of high blood pressure, a new paper warns. As many as 30% of high blood pressure patients seen by heart specialists and ...

Doctors at Queen Mary University of London, Barts Health NHS Trust, and University College London have led the development of a simple, minimally invasive Targeted Thermal Therapy (Triple T) that has ...

When you think of someone with Hypertension, aka high blood pressure, the most common thought is that it only affects older people. But sadly, more young adults are now being diagnosed with it. High ...