Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a prevalent clinical condition that influences countless individuals worldwide. It is often referred to as ...
Hypertension is classified into stages of severity; Stage 1 has a systolic reading of 130 to 139 or a diastolic reading of 80 to 89. A systolic measurement above 180 and/or a diastolic measurement ...
"Is a blood pressure of 130/70 anything to worry about?" It's a good question, and one doctors didn't regularly field until the Joint National Committee of the American Heart Association announced ...
Between those of us with newly-minted prehypertension (some 23% of the population), and people who have full-blown hypertension (at least another 25%), danger-zone blood pressure is an emerging ...