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Salt is known to raise blood pressure, but what about sugar? Let's find out.   Sugar contributes to high blood pressure Fructose is a major compone...

Hypertension in adolescents. What should teenagers with high blood pressure do? The normal blood pressure for 14-18 year olds is 115/70 +-5 mmHg. I...

Our body controls the blood pressure in our arteries using a complex system of regulators, including our heart, kidneys, enzymes, hormones and nerv...

Diabetes and high blood pressure (hypertension) often occur together. A person with diabetes is twice as likely to have high blood pressure as a pe...

What is high blood pressure?The term high blood pressure refers to a chronic increase in arterial pressure. Values from 100/60 mmHg to 120/80 mmHg ...

If you think that measuring pressure is fun for those over sixty, then let me disappoint you. What is blood pressure? As you probably know, the who...