Researchers have announced in the American Journal of Epidemiology that despite the high level of spending on healthcare in the United States compared to England, Americans experience higher rates of chronic disease and markers of disease than their English counterparts at all ages. Why health status differs so dramatically in these two countries, which share much in terms of history and culture ...

Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said on Wednesday it submitted a new drug application in the United States for a hypertension drug.

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- About 74.5 million people in the United States ages 20 and older have high blood pressure (hypertension), according to the American Heart Association. What’s more, high blood pressure killed 56,561 people in the United States in 2006. It's a serious health risk for many Americans; however, difficult-to-control hypertension could be something of the past thanks to a novel ...

A new study reveals that the prevalence of hypertension in older Mexican-Americans living in the Southwestern United States has increased slightly in the last decade. Researchers suspect the rise is due, in part, to the increase in diabetes and obesity.

( University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ) A new study by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston reveals that the prevalence of hypertension in older Mexican-Americans living in the Southwestern United States has increased slightly in the last decade. Researchers suspect the rise is due, in part, to the increase in diabetes and obesity.