Blood pressure readings are a standard part of even the most basic health checks. Now some researchers are suggesting that clinicians should change how they view diastolic blood pressure readings.

Decline in brain function often occurs as people age. People often worry that declining brain function is an inevitable part of growing old and will lead to dementia, but it is not. Many people do not ...

Blood pressure is the amount of pressure that your blood exerts on the blood vessels in your body. As your heart beats, it contracts and relaxes, pushing blood out of the heart to the arteries, which ...

Several years ago, researchers published in JAMA a promising discovery: intensively lowering blood pressure appeared to reduce the risk for cognitive decline in people 50 and older with high blood ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The combination of low diastolic blood pressure and high IOP in patients with moderate to advanced glaucoma was ...

Shuchi Patel, MD: Good afternoon, Dr. Ruth Williams. Thank you so much for taking the time to have a discussion with us regarding a topic that is of emerging interest. Today we're going to talk about ...

Decline in brain function often occurs as people age. People often worry that declining brain function is an inevitable part of growing old and will lead to dementia, but it is not. Many people do not ...

Systolic and diastolic blood pressure are both important aspects of a blood pressure reading. A blood pressure measurement includes an upper and a lower number, given in units of millimeters of ...