Nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure — a condition called hypertension. Hypertension is the leading risk factor for heart disease and stroke. But it gets worse: Hypertension also ...

A new 2025 high blood pressure guideline from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) calls for earlier prevention and tighter control of hypertension to ...

A new high blood pressure guideline just published emphasizes prevention and early treatment to reduce cardiovascular disease risk. The new clinical guideline was published in August 2025 in the ...

The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology have updated their joint guidelines for people with high blood pressure for the first time since 2017, making changes to the way they ...

Nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure – a condition called hypertension. Hypertension is the No. 1 risk factor for heart disease and stroke. In addition, hypertension increases risk of ...

The updated recommendations also address the link between high blood pressure and cognitive decline and dementia.

Aerobic exercise, which strengthens your heart so it can pump with less effort, was the second-most-effective intervention, after the DASH diet. Isometric resistance exercise — when you contract ...

Here's the latest on the drugs, diet, and moves that can make a big difference By Hallie Levine More than 70 percent of U.S. adults ages 60 and older have high blood pressure. If you’re among them—or ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure – a condition called hypertension. Hypertension is the No. 1 risk factor for heart disease and stroke. In addition, ...