Hypertension: Symptoms and treatment 7 Articles

by Terri Serrato

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a medical condition in which the pressure required to pump blood through the body is elevated over normal levels. Even mild hypertension has been found to shorten life expectancy, ...read more

by W. Diane Van Zwol

Monitor Your BP: A Strategic Plan For Longevity The word hypertension was used in 1893, to designate high blood pressure, particularly high arterial blood pressure and the systemic condition resulting from hypertensio...read more

by Harbeer Kaur

Hypertension, generally called as high blood pressure is a salient killer that is slowly killing our future and society. Previously, most of us thought that blood Pressure was a problem that came with age, only with age....read more

by Bisheba Gaines

Commonly known as the "silent killer", hypertension is high blood pressure. Blood pressure means high tension in the arteries. Arteries are small blood vessels that carries blood to all tissues and organs in the body. ...read more

by Morris Kiema Kilunda

Hypertension is a medical condition that is characterized by above average blood pressure. Hypertension is caused by gradual increase in resistance to blood flow in the arteries such that high blood pressure is sustained e...read more

by Caroline Fraissinet

Pulmonary hypertension, otherwise known simply as "high blood pressure," is the condition where the patient's blood pressure is raised to a chronic level. It can be either an essential (primary) or secondary condition, mea...read more

by Edward Malone

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is the diagnosis given when readings consistently rise above normal. Normal blood pressure reading is around 120/80. It is well known that hypertension can lead to stroke, ...read more