BACKGROUND: Hypertension, high blood pressure, is the most common cardiovascular disease.  High blood pressure refers to the force blood pushes against artery walls, and just like too much pressure can damage a tire, high blood pressure can threaten healthy arteries.   Therefore it can lead to life-threatening conditions such as heart disease and stroke. (SOURCE: www.webmd.com)   CAUSES: For ...

The first question that came to mind when I saw Hypertension and Stroke was if a book as specific as this one is really needed. To focus at book length on a single risk factor, even for a disease as prevalent and lethal as stroke, seemed too much.

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is estimated to affect one in three Americans and can increase a person's risk for heart disease and stroke. But how does a person get hypertension and can it be prevented? ...

Obese girls suffer from more severe hypertension than obese boys during their teenage years, researchers from the University of California at Merced reported in the American Physiological Society conference. Hypertension (high blood pressure) raises the risk of subsequent stroke and heart disease. Dr Rudy Ortiz PhD, Associate Professor of Physiology and Nutrition, and team studied 1,700 teenage ...

New research has found that patients with blood pressure even slightly above normal are more susceptible to suffering from a stroke. Dr. Jon LaPook reports.