According to Dr. Flack, the new ISHIB guidelines will aim to mesh with and complement the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High ...

The stats are too familiar: Nearly half of African-American adults are at risk of developing hypertension, a rate significantly higher than that of any other group in the United States.

Hypertension – also known as high blood pressure – is a growing problem. Recent statistics indicate that 46 percent of American adults (or more than 100 million individuals) suffer from hypertension.

Maywood, IL and Stanford, CA - In an attempt to identify possible genes that contribute to the risk of hypertension in African Americans, researchers have zeroed in on two chromosomes6q and 21qthat ...

African-Americans have more rigidity of the aorta, the major artery supplying oxygen-rich blood to the body, than Caucasians and Hispanics, according to a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center ...

Share on Pinterest New blood pressure guidelines from the AHA recommend starting treatment earlier and abstaining from alcohol. Maskot/Getty Images New blood pressure guidelines from the American ...

Nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure – a condition called hypertension. Hypertension is the No. 1 risk factor for heart disease and stroke. In addition, hypertension increases risk of ...