A recent clinical trial published in JACC found that baduanjin, a traditional mind‑body exercise related to qigong, lowered systolic blood pressure in people with hypertension.
On November 26, 2025, 62-year-old Tommy Bell, a patient transport supervisor at AdventHealth DeLand who had worked at the hospital for more than a decade, felt persistent pressure in…
A recent analysis found that excess belly fat predicts future heart failure better than overall body weight or BMI, and that systemic inflammation helps explain much of the…
The American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA) and nine other medical organizations released updated dyslipidemia guidelines replacing the 2018 AHA/ACC…
When actor and director Aisha Tyler learned her father had suffered a major stroke, it changed how seriously she takes blood pressure and preventive health.
Most people think cardiovascular risk comes from the heart alone, but much of the danger begins elsewhere: metabolic and kidney problems powerfully increase the chance of heart…
These five personal accounts describe how cardiovascular disease showed up differently in women — from pregnancy-related heart failure to heart attack and stroke — and how each woman…
When actor and director Aisha Tyler’s fit, active father suffered a major stroke, it forced her to rethink how she and others treat high blood pressure — a condition that affects…
Actor and director Aisha Tyler, familiar from shows like Criminal Minds and Archer, is using her platform to spotlight high blood pressure prevention — a condition that affects nearly…
In 2025 a large increase in people seeking NHS guidance about high blood pressure was recorded, with hundreds of thousands more visits to online information about risk and testing.
Actors Octavia Spencer and Sofía Vergara will appear together in a Super Bowl LX commercial to raise awareness about kidney health, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease as part of the…
A recent analysis presented at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting finds that abdominal obesity — commonly called a "beer belly" — is associated with subtle but…