Discover how managing your daily salt intake can significantly impact blood pressure. Learn tips to adjust your diet and ...

If you have high blood pressure, getting regular exercise is important -- and your Apple Watch makes it easy to check it.

Checking your blood pressure at home or a local pharmacy can be an effective way to stay proactive about your heart health.

A Johns Hopkins study reveals slight arm-position changes during blood pressure tests can falsely elevate readings.

Scientists say that arm position can make a difference during blood pressure readings. A recent trial at Johns Hopkins found slightly lower blood pressure numbers when a person’s arm is lying on a ...

Diastolic pressure is the pressure in your arteries when your heart is resting between beats. It’s represented by the bottom number in a blood pressure reading.

For some people, especially people over age 60, lowering systolic blood pressure below 120 with medication may cause diastolic pressure to fall below 60. This is considered overtreatment of high ...

Elevated blood pressure: This is when your systolic pressure is 120-129, and your diastolic pressure is less than 80. Lifestyle changes and monitoring your blood pressure may be all you need at ...

In order to lower diastolic blood pressure, you have to lower your overall blood pressure. Both lifestyle and medication treatment options can help you do this.

A person’s blood pressure is measured by the balance between diastolic and systolic pressure in the heart. Learn more about the differences here.