A recent study published in JAMA has raised concerns about the safety of certain blood pressure medications for patients with ...

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD Congestive heart failure (CHF), sometimes simply called heart failure, happens when ...

Can you recall a doctor’s appointment during which your blood pressure wasn’t taken? Probably not. It’s a vital sign—along with heart rate, breathing rate, and body temperature—that ...

A quasi-stationary (slow-moving) cut-off low pressure system has developed west of South Africa, approximately 1 600km north-west of Cape Town. The weather system will likely result in changes to ...

Medically reviewed by Mary Choy, PharmD Amlodipine is a commonly prescribed calcium channel blocker medication used to treat ...

Or maybe after a long day, you can’t concentrate on the TV show you’re watching. You feel irritated and tired. If you’re the kind of person who Googles your health symptoms (no judgment!) you may ...

Several Federal Reserve officials Wednesday reiterated their deep uncertainty over how far the central bank will need to lower interest rates, highlighting the difficulty policymakers face in ...

When vitamin D levels are low, renin secretion tends to increase, which can raise blood pressure by activating this system.” “Calcium was also provided, and it is known to support blood ...

“We demonstrate in this article how ketamine at very low concentrations can affect the activity of only select populations of NMDA receptors,” says Popescu. NMDA receptors are present throughout the ...

By improving vascular function, vitamin D could help reduce blood pressure.” Additionally, in those with obesity, there is chronic, low-grade inflammation, said Geiga. This can impair blood ...

Vitamin D supplements may lower blood pressure in older people with obesity and taking more than the Institutes of Medicine's (IOM) recommended daily dose does not provide additional health ...