Hypertension is a major public health concern, affecting millions worldwide and increasing the risk of heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure. It is typically characterized by persistent high blood ...

Adults with obesity in high-income countries now have blood-pressure and cholesterol levels far closer to those of their ...

Angiotensin-converting–enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) are recommended widely as first-line treatments for hypertension in patients with diabetic or nondiabetic ...

In treating hypertension to blood pressure goal levels, undue orthostatic hypotension sometimes occurs. Is there an agent or class of antihypertensive agents more or less likely to cause this effect?

Antihypertensive drugs are associated with an increased risk for eczematous dermatitis in older adults, and the effect sizes are largest for diuretics and calcium channel blockers, according to a ...

TORONTO—Patients treated with antihypertensive agents experience slower declines in renal function, new data show. A comparison of 12,411 American veterans using antihypertensive drugs and another ...

Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FNLA, professor of medicine and the Gerald S. Berenson Endowed Chair in Preventative Cardiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, discusses the results ...

Anyone who recalls the 1971 Loving Care commercial exclaiming, 'You're not getting older. You're getting better!' is getting older. America is graying -- in 2019, people older than 65 years accounted ...

Antihypertensive medication deprescribing may benefit elderly individuals living in long-term care facilities by limiting the risk of cognitive decline, according to data from the Veterans Health ...

I treat several sexually active women aged 28-40 years who have hypertension but refuse contraception for a variety of reasons. Hydrochlorothiazide alone has not been effective or has not been ...