The guidelines for defining healthy blood pressure levels have seen significant updates in recent years. In 2017, leading ...

This calculator can help to determine whether a child has a healthy blood pressure for his/her height, age and gender ... on this page have been updated to reflect the most recent guidelines from the ...

A new study published Dec. 11 in the journal Neurology shows that seniors whose blood pressure spikes and drops over time ...

One night back in May, I went to sleep with perfectly normal blood pressure, an unremarkable 120/80. The next day ... issued revised blood pressure guidelines that included a new category ...

Older adults whose blood pressure fluctuates over time may be more likely to have problems with thinking and memory skills, ...

JNC 7 simplifies the classification of blood-pressure levels ... but the target is <130/<80 mm Hg for patients with diabetes or renal disease. Thiazide diuretics are recommended as initial therapy ...

You’ve likely heard your health care provider say your blood pressure is something like “120 over 80,” typically a larger number over a smaller number. Together, the two are measured in ...

For most women, it doesn’t take much to get blood pressure down into a healthier range,” promises Nieca Goldberg, MD, Medical ...

All values must be entered in order to calculate percentiles for Blood Pressure and Height. A percentile shows the relative position of the child's measurement (such as Blood Pressure or Height) among ...