Blood Pressure

Care Guides

Hypertension Guide
About 72 million people in the United States age 20 and older have high blood pressure, according to the American Heart Association. That's one in every three adults.

Essential Hypertension
Learn what's behind the most common type of high blood pressure.

Related Conditions
A number of medical conditions can be caused or worsened by high blood pressure.

Secondary Hypertension
The term "secondary hypertension" refers to high blood pressure with recognizable causes, which are usually treatable or reversible.

Understanding Systolic Pressure
Recent studies have demonstrated the importance of the top number -- your systolic blood pressure.

Risk Factors in Women
Several factors may increase the likelihood of a woman having high blood pressure.

Health Encyclopedia

Hypertensive Heart Disease
Be on the lookout for this complication of high blood pressure.

Malignant Hypertension
Malignant hypertension is a sudden and rapid development of extremely high blood pressure.

Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is a condition in which fatty material collects along the walls of arteries.

Stroke
A stroke is an interruption of the blood supply to any part of the brain. A stroke is sometimes called a "brain attack."

Heart Failure
Heart failure, also called congestive heart failure, is a condition in which the heart can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of the body.

Hypotension
Increase your familiarity with low blood pressure, or hypotension, and decrease your risk.

In-Depth Reports

High Blood Pressure
Find the causes, symptoms, risks, treatments and more, all in one place.

Untreated Hypertension
Left untreated, hypertension can have long-term consequences. See them here.

Stroke
A stroke involves brain damage caused by a loss of blood circulation to an area of the brain.

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