Checking your blood pressure at home or a local pharmacy can be an effective way to stay proactive about your heart health. However, when you’re not receiving readings in the presence of a doctor, it ...

Using a blood pressure chart by age can help you interpret your results to see how they compare to the normal ranges across groups and within your own age cohort. Monitoring your blood pressure (BP) ...

"Is a blood pressure of 130/70 anything to worry about?" It's a good question, and one doctors didn't regularly field until the Joint National Committee of the American Heart Association announced its ...

Keeping one's blood pressure levels in the normal range is important. Blood pressure that's too high (hypertension) can cause severe headaches, blurred vision and may even lead to heart disease or ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...