High blood pressure is the single most important treatable risk factor for stroke. Preventing, diagnosing, and controlling it through lifestyle changes and medicine is critical to reducing strokes.

Your kidneys are more important to your health than you may realize. In addition to removing waste from the body, these ...

Beef jerky that’s seasoned and dehydrated without a lot of sodium is generally considered a nutritious snack. Learn the counter-arguments.

Tomorrow is the first day of heart health month, and the Burlington YMCA is launching a new program to help you live a longer, healthier life. The "Y" is getting an $11,000 grant to give people ...

This week the World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines recommending people switch the regular salt they use at ...

Flossing at least once a week may lower the risk of stroke and atrial fibrillation, according to preliminary results from a ...

Seniors whose cholesterol levels spike and plummet year-to-year could be at increased risk of dementia and failing brain ...

We all know that things like stress or diet changes can temporarily elevate our blood pressure. But you might not actually ...

Most people have never been to med school, so their ability to diagnose illnesses or health problems is limited. Yet, the average person knows that the health of their heart is all important.

Eight years ago, at the age of 53, Jeff Miller woke up, got out of bed and fell to the floor. Although he was having trouble seeing, he managed to get down the stairs to the first floor of his ...

Scientists have discovered that long-term use of common medications for high blood pressure and heart failure could contribute to kidney damage. While these drugs, including ACE inhibitors, are ...

Propranolol, a beta blocker medication used for treating high blood pressure and preventing migraines, may lower ischemic stroke risk in women who experience migraines frequently.