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Blood Pressure

Man returning from honeymoon saves woman in mid-air medical emergency

  • Sep 20, 2023

Study: Napping regularly linked to high blood pressure risk

  • Jul 26, 2022
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Too much candy: Man dies from eating bags of licorice

  • Sep 24, 2020

Study: Better to take blood pressure meds at night

  • Oct 24, 2019

1 in 10 senior citizens binge drink, study finds

  • Aug 1, 2019

Blood pressure medications recalled over cancer concerns

  • Jan 4, 2019

Blood pressure medicine recall expands amid cancer concerns

  • Nov 14, 2018

FDA expands blood pressure drug recall due to cancer concerns

  • Aug 14, 2018

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High blood pressure may be experienced as a couple, study finds

  • Dec 7, 2023
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Study: Napping regularly linked to high blood pressure risk

  • Jul 26, 2022
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How low to go: Details emerge on big blood pressure study

  • Nov 9, 2015
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Study recommends more aggressive blood pressure treatment

  • Sep 11, 2015

Latest Stories

KTRK

FDA recalls heart, blood pressure medicines due to cancer-causing substance

If you take medicine for high blood pressure or a heart condition, you'll want to carefully check your prescriptions.

  • Jul 17, 2018
KABC

Barbers take blood pressure readings to help black men improve their heart health

Churches, barbershops and beauty salons have long been used to reach people with limited access to doctors.

  • Mar 13, 2018

Number of children with high blood pressure on the rise

With childhood obesity on the rise in this country, so too are the numbers of children being diagnosed with high blood pressure.

  • Oct 26, 2016

How low to go: Details emerge on big blood pressure study

Details were revealed Monday from a landmark federal study that challenges decades of thinking on blood pressure, giving a clearer picture of plusses and minuses of more aggressive treatment.

  • Nov 9, 2015
WABC

Study recommends more aggressive blood pressure treatment

Dr. Richard Besser has more on the study.

  • Sep 11, 2015