High blood pressure is sometimes called “the silent killer.” That’s because it frequently doesn’t have any symptoms, particularly in the early stages. It’s often first detected during a routine ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a type of pulmonary hypertension. It means that you have high blood pressure in the arteries that go from your heart to your lungs. But it’s different from ...

High blood pressure (hypertension) and diabetes are both aspects of metabolic syndrome and often occur together. Possible reasons for this may be that they have similar risk factors, or that high ...

Why isn't the cause of primary hypertension known? I thought a basic tenet in medicine is to find the cause before giving treatment. Yet hypertension is treated without fully knowing the cause. My BP ...

The front area of our eyes contains fluid. When these fluids don’t drain properly from your eyes, pressure can build up inside them. Having a higher-than-normal pressure in your eyes is called ocular ...