Blood Pressure

Finding time to exercise each day is a challenge for many people, but a new study of nearly 15,000 men and women has discovered that adding just five minutes of daily activity that gets your heart rate up is enough to lower your blood pressure.

Some kinds of vegetables lower high blood pressure much better than others, according to a new study. The researchers say that the reduction could translate to a 5% reduced risk of major heart events and encourage everyone to eat more greens.

In an effort to do the right thing for their health, more than 17 million Americans could actually be getting poor blood pressure readings from at-home kits with ill-fitting cuffs. This can have serious implications for nearly 7% of US adults.

Currently, when doctors wish to continuously monitor a patient's blood pressure, they insert a catheter into one of the individual's arteries. There could soon be a safer alternative, however, and it was inspired by the tuning of guitar strings.

A class of drugs already used to treat high blood pressure has an added bonus, according to a new study: lowering epilepsy risk by up to 30%. Further research is needed, but the findings suggest there’s a means of preventing epilepsy in at-risk adults.

Early birds and night owls should take blood pressure medication at different times of the day to minimize their risk of a heart attack, according to a new study that looked at whether our internal clock affected medication effectiveness.

Healthcare workers have urged for a greater duty of care with older adults who start taking common blood pressure medicines, with a study highlighting that they're more than twice as likely to experience fall-related fractures after starting treatment.

There's been no guide on how much dietary fiber you need to eat to reduce blood pressure – until now. A new study has confirmed that it has an effect independent of medication and quantifies just how much is needed to directly impact high blood pressure.

Eating small amounts of licorice, in keeping with the suggested daily intake, may still cause high blood pressure in healthy young people, a new study has found. The findings highlight the need for caution when consuming the sweet black treat.

A study has found that tai chi was more effective than aerobic exercise at lowering blood pressure in 18-to-65-year-olds with prehypertension, a condition that can progress to high blood pressure and other cardiovascular diseases.

A study found human placenta cells reduced high blood pressure and the arterial inflammation and cognitive impairment caused by it in mice. The findings open the door to a new form of therapy that may prevent damage resulting from the condition.

No-one enjoys idling in peak-hour traffic, yet scientists have identified that a blood pressure spike during it doesn't come from frustration but from ultrafine particles flowing into the car. And the average 4.5 mm Hg spike lasts for an entire day.