Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

A growing body of research suggests that high blood pressure, or hypertension, affects men and women in different ways. Emerging research suggests that women may have an increased risk of heart attack ...

We all know that things like stress or diet changes can temporarily elevate our blood pressure. But you might not actually notice your BP gradually increasing over time unless you're actively ...

Women aged around 42 years with elevated blood pressure (BP) or hypertension faced a substantially higher risk for increased arterial stiffness nearly three decades later — a pattern not seen in men ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study in young adult women links high blood levels of vitamin C with lower blood pressure. This "strongly suggests that vitamin C is specifically important in maintaining ...

Higher levels of the minerals copper and manganese in pregnant women were associated with lower blood pressure and a reduced risk of developing high blood pressure decades later, according to a ...

Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries (vessels that carry blood from the heart to the rest of your body). Blood pressure is measured in two numbers. Systolic ...

Higher levels of the minerals copper and manganese in pregnant women were associated with lower blood pressure and a reduced risk of developing high blood pressure decades later, according to a ...