A new analysis of updated blood pressure guidelines suggests that many older adults may no longer need to take medication as ...

An analysis of the 2025 AHA/ACC hypertension guidelines found that under the new guidelines, about 11% of adults ages 65 to ...

For more than 25 years, a reading of 140/90 or below was considered normal. The most recent guidelines, issued last year, ...

The number doctors use to demarcate hypertension keeps going down, a trend applauded by many experts, who point to studies ...

A new analysis of hypertension guidelines suggests some older adults — mostly women — with slightly high blood pressure could ...

Elderly people benefit from taking medications to keep their blood pressure low, same as younger folks, a new study says. Systolic blood pressure kept under 130 reduces the risk of heart-related death ...

New research suggests that routine blood pressure checks may predict dementia risk years before symptoms, with one metric ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Aggressive treatment of high blood pressure (hypertension) in patients who are 80 years or older is associated with lower five-year survival rates than their counterparts ...

More than 70 percent of U.S. adults ages 60 and older have high blood pressure. If you’re among them—or at risk for hypertension—you’ll want to know what new guidelines from the American Heart ...

New research indicates that higher systolic blood pressure is linked with poor outcomes in patients with kidney disease, although the association diminishes with advanced age. The findings, which come ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older people who take blood pressure medications had more serious injuries from falls than those not taking medications, according to a new study. The added risk with blood ...