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

Updated blood pressure guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) mean that many more Americans, notably older people, are now diagnosed with high blood pressure, or hypertension.This ...

Yes, updated blood pressure guidelines from the American Heart Association mean that many more Americans, notably older people, are now diagnosed with high blood pressure, or hypertension. But ...

A new U.S. blood pressure guideline endorsed by the two major U.S. cardiology groups lowers the definition of high blood pressure to 130/80 mm Hg. This means that more than 100 million adults will ...

For the first time since 2003, the American Heart Association is updating the comprehensive guidelines for blood pressure and hypertension. According to a release from the AHA, patients with a ...

Under the new guidelines, 46 percent of U.S. adults now have high blood pressure, compared with 32 percent (or approximately 1 in 3 adults) under the prior guidelines. News Today's news ...

SPRINGFIELD — For the first time in 13 years, the American Heart Association is altering its guidelines for blood pressure testing. Skip to content KOLR - OzarksFirst.com ...

The guidelines for defining healthy blood pressure levels have seen significant updates in recent years. In 2017, leading ...

High blood pressure now affects nearly half of U.S. adults under changes to what constitutes hypertension announced by the American Heart Association.

The U.S. government in 2013 asked the AHA and ACC to draft new guidelines for blood pressure management, said ACC President Mary Walsh, MD, of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation at St ...

In 2017, the American Heart Association revised the definition of high blood pressure, lowering the threshold to 130/80 mm Hg for all adults.

The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology define hypertension as a blood pressure reading of 130/80 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) or higher and normal blood pressure ...