One expert maintains that the blood pressure reading you get at the doctor’s office is far from a complete picture of your ...

Most older adults in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) have a net benefit favoring a systolic blood pressure (BP) target <120 mm Hg, according to a study published online Feb. 18 ...

What Do Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure Numbers Mean? When you check your blood pressure, you get two numbers. The first, or top, number, is called systolic blood pressure. The second ...

Heart sounds are one tool providers use to assess heart health. Learn about systolic, diastolic, and S1 to S4 heart sounds in ...

Systolic hypertension is a major health economy problem within our aging society. Increased arterial stiffness is the vascular phenotype of systolic hypertension, especially of the large arteries.

FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The health benefits of aggressive blood pressure control outweigh the potential ...

Older adults who were 75 and older, frail or taking multiple medications (polypharmacy) had greater net benefits from efforts to lower systolic blood pressure compared to those aged 65 to 74. However, ...

A study from the University of Miami suggests that diastolic blood pressure—the lower number in a blood pressure reading—may ...

In short, the research suggests that aiming for a systolic blood pressure of under 130 mmHg is the best way for older adults ...

Results from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) have supported lower blood pressure targets among community-dwelling older adults with hypertension to reduce the risk of ...

Women with hypertension who followed a very low-calorie ketogenic diet had greater reductions in systolic and diastolic blood ...