Blood Pressure Archive

Timing your blood pressure pills can impact control and side effects. Discover how morning vs. bedtime dosing may affect your readings.

The DASH diet is a flexible, science-backed eating plan proven to lower blood pressure, while also reducing risks of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and cognitive decline. Emphasizing vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and low-fat dairy products, it’s a healthy way to eat that suits almost everyone.

Get a step‑by‑step look at how a transesophageal echocardiogram is done, what your loved one may feel, and how it helps guide heart valve surgery

When prescribing hypertension medications, doctors consider many factors, including whether a person has stage 1 or stage 2 hypertension and their other health conditions and lifestyle habits.

Tai chi exercises combine slow, flowing movements with deep breathing and guided imagery. The practice can help promote relaxation and reduce the harmful effects of stress, which include high blood pressure and related cardiovascular problems.

Tofu and other foods made from soybeans are among the best plant-based sources of protein. They are also rich in other nutrients that benefit heart health, such as fiber, healthy fat, and minerals like potassium and magnesium.

Explore how glaucoma and an abdominal aortic aneurysm could affect air travel, and which medical details to confirm before you fly.

After starting treatment for high blood pressure, your hot flashes are back. Explore how medications and other conditions might be involved.

Insomnia is linked to an increased risk of atrial fibrillation (afib), a heart rhythm disorder, according to a 2026 study. Insufficient sleep may trigger physiological and hormonal changes that may leave people more susceptible to afib.

Heart failure (when the heart can’t pump or fill with blood effectively) stems from a range of conditions that weaken or stiffen the heart. Heart failure is described and classified by what part of the heart is affected and the severity of symptoms.