This National Heart Month, supported by the British Heart Foundation, look after yours by having a routine blood pressure ...
A civil servant left “crying on his knees” having failed to qualify for weight loss jabs on the NHS has shed nine stone and ...
A minimally invasive therapy that has the potential to transform treatment of a common cause of high blood pressure, has been developed by researchers at UCL, Queen Mary University of London and Barts ...
One expert maintains that the blood pressure reading you get at the doctor’s office is far from a complete picture of your ...
How nurses can support patients in managing their blood pressure to reduce the risk of strokes and heart attacks.
The American Heart Association recommends that anyone with high blood pressure (typically 130/80 mmHg or higher) should monitor their blood pressure at home. Regular monitoring helps your doctor ...
Dozens of different medications can help treat high blood pressure (hypertension). These medications are called antihypertensives and are divided into many different categories, each of which ...
Blood pressure medications are usually taken for life. However, some people can stop taking them by addressing those underlying causes of high blood pressure (hypertension) that can be changed, such ...
It's a good idea to keep track of your blood pressure numbers at home. Photo Courtesy: iStock / Getty Images Managing your high blood pressure may include meds from your doctor. But you don’t ...
She highlighted how cold weather had a huge impact on our health services. She added: "The bulk of 'NHS winter pressure' is around respiratory illness. For every degree it gets colder, we see ...
Who was given infected blood and how many died? Two main groups of NHS patients were affected by what has been called the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the NHS. Firstly ...
Objective In individuals with complex underlying health problems, the association between systolic blood pressure (SBP) and cardiovascular disease is less well recognised. The association between SBP ...