Your blood pressure reading has two numbers. The top number, called systolic pressure, shows how much force your heart uses ...

Consider this: In every room you walk into, half of the adults in the room either have high blood pressure or are taking medication to control their high blood pressure (also called hypertension), ...

You already know that keeping a lid on your blood pressure is a great way to improve your heart health. After all, doing so has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease by 60 percent. And one of ...