New guidelines for high blood pressure lower the numbers to define and diagnose high blood pressure. Here are some things you need to know, including how to make sure you get an accurate reading.

New hypertension guidelines mean high blood pressure starts at a reading of 130/80, lower than previous guidelines. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

New blood pressure guidelines from the American Heart Association. American Heart Association Putting the guidelines to work. Hypertension is known as the "silent killer" because often there are ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — New guidelines lower the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition, which now plagues nearly half of U.S. adults.

Tens of millions more Americans now have high blood pressure. Almost half of all Americans — 46% — are now considered to be in the high blood pressure category based on new guidelines released ...

Jean Godden felt as fit as a 71-year-old could hope for. Then a medical panel published new guidelines for treating high blood pressure, and her doctor tried her on three different pills.

New guidelines for managing high blood pressure in adults, released Dec. 18 in a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), aim to help doctors know when to start treating […] ...

Thirty million Americans are getting some bad health news: they have high blood pressure and need to do something about it, according to new, more aggressive hypertension treatment guidelines ...

Heart experts released new guidelines for blood pressure on Monday and that means millions more Americans will now be diagnosed with high blood pressure. Nov. 13, 2017, 10:00 PM EST / Source : TODAY ...

The new guidelines have redefined blood pressure cutoffs to much lower numbers. Now, according to the AHA, blood pressure is considered “elevated” if it is 120 to 129 over 80 or less.