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 ...

A genetic study has challenged the idea that a low bottom number in a blood pressure reading necessarily increases heart ...

The risk for ischemic colitis (IC) is higher among older women with low diastolic blood pressure and those taking at least two antihypertensive medications, according to prospective data from more ...

The potential benefits or harms of intensive systolic blood pressure (BP) control on cognitive function and cerebral blood flow in individuals with low diastolic blood pressure (DBP) remain unclear.

The SPRINT trial therefore provides a unique opportunity to assess lower extremes of systolic and diastolic pressure in an at-risk population of patients without diabetes mellitus, history of stroke, ...

New research has looked at 57,000 people in the UK and found some were at a higher risk of dying or suffering a stroke ...

This is what it means if your diastolic blood pressure reading is always elevated. Cardiologists list complications and ways to manage. Do you always get a high diastolic BP reading? Do not take it ...