"Bleeds on the brain due to high blood pressure, or again, vessel damage. And all of these things, they interrupt the oxygen ...

The American Heart Association recommends eating two servings of fatty fish per week to help reduce stroke risk. Keeping ...

The World Health Organization reports that cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death across the globe.

The eight health risk factors evaluated in the study include: blood pressure, body mass index, waist circumference, LDL "bad" cholesterol, blood sugar, kidney function, smoking status and physical ...

After adjusting for other risk factors, researchers found that: People with atrial fibrillation -- an irregular heartbeat -- were 4.7 times more likely to have a severe stroke and 3.6 times more ...

For mothers with these risk factors, their offspring had a 4.88–percentile point higher systolic blood pressure (95% CI, 3.97-5.82) and a 1.90–percentile point higher diastolic blood pressure ...

When patients with a coronary artery calcium score of 0 were followed long term in an observational study, scores stayed at 0 ...

Taking care of your heart has an influence on the health of your whole body. Here are the changes you should focus on, ...

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is known to have a direct impact on heart attack and stroke risk — but a new study has revealed its surprising link to the brain.

Researchers identified three main culprits. High blood pressure in mid-life matters more than you realize. Meanwhile, a lack of physical activity affects how your brain functions over time.

Stroke risk also rose as the years of living with high blood pressure added up, even after researchers adjusted for factors that could have affected the findings, such as whether participants ...

The 12.4% of women with slightly elevated blood pressure but no mid-pregnancy dip faced a nearly equivalent risk of later hypertension-4.91 times that of the lowest-blood pressure group. "But ...