Blood pressure guidelines vary from country to country, but new insights from Korea reinforce a universal systolic blood pressure target that most effectively lowers early death risk.

To put it simply, managing blood pressure after 60 is not about chasing one perfect number. It’s about finding a number that ...

Net benefits of treatment were compared across categories of age, SPRINT-derived frailty status, and polypharmacy. HealthDay News — Most older adults in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial ...

The downside is that stricter blood pressure control can lead to more side effects from medications, such as dizziness, falls ...

Background Intensive blood pressure (BP) control <130/80 mm Hg could bring additional benefits for cardiovascular disease ...

Blood pressure targets are not normally met in patients that are prescribed 3 or more antihypertensive medications. A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that most ...

Intensive target less than 120 mm Hg cost-effective even in scenarios with high measurement error. HealthDay News — For patients 50 years or older at high ...

New research reveals that teens with higher BMI are more likely to experience elevated blood pressure as adults, especially if they have a genetic predisposition—underscoring the need for early weight ...

Almost all older adults in SPRINT trial have predicted net benefit favoring systolic BP target 120 mm Hg versus 140 mm Hg. (HealthDay News) — Most older adults in the Systolic Blood Pressure ...