More than 1 in 10 adults treated for heart problems in U.S. emergency rooms have what’s known as essential hypertension, a type of high blood pressure that isn’t caused by a specific medical condition ...

Blood pressure is a vital indicator of heart health. When it remains consistently elevated, it can lead to hypertension, a condition that significantly increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, and ...

Once thought to be rare, the prevalence of primary aldosteronism is estimated to be 5% to 17%, although the condition remains underdiagnosed. A 30-year-old woman presents to the emergency department ...

Hypertension is a very common condition, affecting about half of all adults in the U.S. But it doesn’t always have symptoms, so about one in three people don’t know they have it. Hypertension develops ...

Men with high blood pressure have a biased recognition of other people's anger, as shown in a new study. Men with high blood pressure have a biased recognition of other people's anger, as shown in a ...