Eating beets regularly increases your intake of natural nitrates, which can help manage blood pressure levels.

If your systolic blood pressure — the top number of your blood pressure reading — consistently edges above normal, new research from the University of Michigan suggests you're at an increased risk for ...

Reducing salt in breads and in prepackaged foods could prevent cardiovascular disease, according to 2 recent studies.

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

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 ...

Blood pressure consists of two numbers. Systolic pressure, the force exerted on blood vessels when the heart beats, is the upper number. Diastolic pressure, the force exerted when the heart is at rest ...