Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Blood pressure is the amount of pressure that your blood exerts on the blood vessels in your body. As your heart beats, it contracts and relaxes, pushing ...

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Blood pressure consists of two numbers. Systolic pressure, the force exerted on blood vessels when the heart beats, is the upper number. Diastolic pressure, the force exerted when the heart is at rest ...

Magnesium is necessary for more than 300 biochemical reactions in your body. It supports your immune system, maintains normal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with CKD, isolated diastolic hypertension did not increase risk of adverse cardiovascular and kidney ...

To read your blood pressure measurements, it's important to know what's considered hypertension, and when you should seek ...

Elevated systolic blood pressure (BP) and pulse pressure were associated with an increased risk of incident primary open-angle glaucoma. There was no significant association between diastolic BP and ...

July 5, 2005 -- Soy protein supplements can significantly reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients, according to the results of a randomized, double-blind study published in the July 5 issue of ...

CHICAGO, Nov. 16, 2024 — An intensive treatment approach to lowering high systolic blood pressure in people with Type 2 diabetes led to a reduced risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure and death ...

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Maintaining a systolic blood pressure below 130 mm Hg may increase the probability of survival to age 90 in healthy older women, with or without BP-lowering medications, data from the Women’s Health ...