She thought she had food poisoning. She was bleeding in her brain.
Jan 29, 2025
From urgent care to eye doctor to the emergency room, Julie Ferris-Tillman finally received a diagnosis of hemorrhagic stroke.
High Blood Pressure News
Microaggressions during pregnancy and delivery later linked to higher blood pressure
Jan 9, 2025
A new study suggests an association between subtle gender and racial slights, even unintentional, and higher blood pressure postpartum.
After recovering from heart failure related to pregnancy, she went on to game show glory
Dec 20, 2024
Cheryl Stokes of North Carolina had peripartum cardiomyopathy. What she learned prompted her to educate other women about heart health.
Stroke risk may climb as the years of living with high blood pressure add up
Dec 9, 2024
New research finds people who have hypertension longer may face a greater stroke risk and take more medications to control high blood pressure.
Oh, there's no gift like health for the holidays
Dec 2, 2024
Help your loved ones live well with gift ideas that will encourage them to eat, sleep and stay active in healthy ways.
Many older heart patients have questions about sex, but few are getting answers
Nov 13, 2024
A new survey from Sweden suggests older adults with heart conditions aren't getting the information they want about sexual health. Experts say the same problem exists in the U.S.
AI-powered tool may offer contactless way to detect high blood pressure, diabetes
Nov 11, 2024
Combining high-speed video images of a person's face and hands with a machine learning algorithm could offer a new way to detect high blood pressure and diabetes, research from Japan suggests.
Good heart health early in pregnancy may offset genetic risk for complications
Sep 9, 2024
Women who maintain good cardiovascular health early in pregnancy may offset their genetic risk for high blood pressure-related complications, new research suggests.
Popular home blood pressure cuffs may not fit millions of adults
Sep 6, 2024
The arms of more than 17 million adults in the U.S. may not fit the cuffs that come with popular home blood pressure machines, causing inaccurate readings, a new study suggests.
Weight-loss surgery may help people with obesity better manage high blood pressure
Sep 5, 2024
Could bariatric surgery be better at controlling high blood pressure in people with obesity than medication or lifestyle changes? A new analysis suggests it is.