A Northwestern University study suggests young children with high blood pressure have a sharply increased risk of dying of heart disease by their mid-50s. Photo by Halfpoint/Adobe Stock/HealthDay News ...

Normal BP is typically less than 120/80 mm Hg. Both high (hypertension) and low (hypotension) pressure can cause health ...

Children with obesity or severe obesity were significantly more likely to have high blood pressure than children with normal weight, based on new data from nearly 1000 children collected at youth ...

Every time you visit your doctor, one of the first things they do is take your blood pressure. Blood pressure is a crucial part of cardiovascular health and is one of the best ways for doctors to ...

Cases of children with high blood pressure have doubled in the last two decades, according to a new study published in The Lancet Childhood & Adolescent Health An estimated 114 million children, ...

Doctor measuring blood pressure of a little girl. Children are at risk for high blood pressure if their mom suffered health problems during pregnancy Kids had higher blood pressure on average if their ...

Aerobic exercise, which strengthens your heart so it can pump with less effort, was the second-most-effective intervention, after the DASH diet. Isometric resistance exercise — when you contract ...

A heart health journey may start much earlier than once thought, as new research shows that kids with higher blood pressure at age 7 had a sharply increased risk of dying of heart disease by their mid ...