Major heart health risk factors like obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure remain on the rise in the United States, ...

It’s a sobering number, but there are steps people can take to reduce that risk, such as controlling high blood pressure ... the heart health and cognitive function of about 15,000 older adults ...

MOST men likely ... of the blood vessels around the heart. This fat can narrow the arteries, blocking blood flow to your heart starving it of oxygen and nutrients. This puts pressure on the ...

Background Primary prevention strategies for cardiovascular disease (CVD) conventionally rely on 10-year risk estimates of ...

But older adults with heart conditions often ... Among respondents, 47% said they had high blood pressure; 36% were heart attack survivors; 30% had atrial fibrillation, or AFib, a type of ...

Organic ED involves abnormalities the penile arteries, veins, or both and is the most common cause of ED, especially in older men ... high blood pressure, and cigarette smoking--can cause erectile ...

The below chart from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital outlines the normal range of beats per minute for resting heart rate, based on age. Target heart rate refers to a range of heart beats per ...

Blood pressure numbers indicate the pressure measured when your heart beats (systolic), and in between the beats (diastolic).

The harder your heart has to work to pump blood throughout your body while you're not exercising, the higher your resting ...

“Our study shows that intensive blood pressure control is an important strategy in the prevention of cognitive impairment, a major cause of loss of independence in older adults,” said Dr. Jeff ...

Research suggests there may be a two-way relationship between anemia and high blood pressure (hypertension). People with anemia might be at an increased risk of high blood pressure and vice versa.

Several key mistakes could throw off the accuracy of blood pressure readings for people who take them at home. The average "normal" blood pressure is 120/80, according to the American Heart ...