Noozhawk republishes news articles from KFF Health News on national and state health-related issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers.  The patient ...

Year-to-year exposure to elevated blood pressure from age 30 to 40 years was linked to increased risk for heart disease and kidney events among Korean adults, a speaker reported.A study evaluating the ...

Higher blood pressure during young adulthood is likely linked to a higher risk of heart disease and kidney disease later in ...

Nearly 1 in 2 Americans has high blood pressure—sometimes called the "silent killer" because it harms the heart and blood vessels—but many people don't know they have it.

If you get a high reading at the doctor's office, it may not be definitive. Here's what to know about your risk — and testing ...

A blood pressure reading of 180/120 mmHg or higher is dangerously high for women. Symptoms of a hypertensive crisis include chest pain, shortness of breath, and severe headache. If your blood pressure ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 82-year-old woman who was diagnosed with glaucoma about three years ago. I have been taking latanoprost eye drops at bedtime since then. A glaucoma specialist in my health ...

Julia Ries Wexler is a writer focusing on all things health and wellness. She has over 10 years of experience in health journalism, and though she has written about pretty much every health topic ...

Doctors often prescribe multiple medications to target different biological systems at the same time, which is more effective at lowering blood pressure than simply increasing the dose of a single ...

The use of the PREVENT (predicting risk of cardiovascular disease events) risk calculator, which combines measures of cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic health to estimate cardiovascular disease ...

Background: Highlighting arterial stiffness in Community Pharmacies (CPh) has been met with considerable interest in Portugal, Austria, and Spain. TOGETHER aims to evaluate whether empowering ...