When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight.

Race and ethnicity appear to affect blood pressure and its treatment ... using a blood pressure cuff at home and keeping an eye on values in a blood pressure chart can help you understand how well ...

Despite decades of research establishing the safety and efficacy of cholesterol-lowering medications, adherence remains a ...

BMI is intended to provide insight into whether you have an increased risk of developing weight-related conditions, like hypertension (high blood pressure ... height, race, and ethnicity can ...

The body mass index (BMI) chart helps ... and Blood Institute. Body mass index table 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Calculating BMI. Heymsfield SB, Peterson CM, Thomas DM, Heo M, ...

Disaggregating race and ethnicity prenatal depression diagnosis data reveals clinical differences, especially among Asian and Hispanic populations.

Despite being a serious health concern that can lead to life-threatening illnesses like heart attacks and strokes, high blood pressure has very few early symptoms. So you may well have it without ...

Stunning as it may sound, nearly half of Americans ages 20 years and up—or more than 122 million people—have high blood pressure, according to a 2023 report from the American Heart Association.

People taking lorundrostat experienced twice the decline in their systolic blood pressure than people taking a placebo, researchers reported recently in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Researchers noted that while conversion therapy has been shown to lead to “detrimental psychological effects” including ...

They do a great job, but they can’t get an accurate reading when it comes to blood pressure. Right now, Amazon has dropped the price of the iHealth Track Smart cuff-style blood pressure monitor ...