Consuming added sugars affects blood vessel health and increases the risk of high blood pressure (hypertension). It also affects heart disease and obesity risk.

Blood pressure consists of two numbers. Systolic pressure, the force exerted on blood vessels when the heart beats, is the upper number. Diastolic pressure, the force exerted when the heart is at rest ...

The American Heart Association and the American the College of Cardiology in 2025 issued guidelines to help reduce ...

Grapefruit contains potassium and other nutrients that may help maintain healthy blood pressure. The fruit can interact with many medications, though.

Abstaining from alcohol during Dry January, or even cutting back if you drink moderately to heavily, can lead to a slight decrease in blood pressure. However, returning to or increasing alcohol ...

Your blood pressure regularly rises and falls, but if it changes too much within minutes, this may be one of the signs of labile hypertension. Although there’s no exact definition, this is a condition ...

A sort of biochemical scaffold for a compound that enables blood pressure to be low, heart bypass grafts to remain open and nerves to communicate has been identified by Medical College of Georgia ...