Throwing out the salt shaker lowers blood pressure - A low salt diet known as the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet significantly lowers blood pressure in those with either high or norm...

Dietary fibre can lower blood pressure - Australian researchers have shown that individuals with hypertension can substantially decrease their blood pressure by increasing dietary fibre and p...

Blood pressure: eat more fruit and veg - Consuming lots of fruit and vegetables can reduce your risk of high blood pressure, say British researchers.

An aspirin a day only helps if your blood pressure's ok - Aspirin, often touted as a cheap effective medicine for heart patients, may only be of real benefit to those who have lower systolic blood pressure (...

Fruit diet reduces stroke - A diet rich in fruit and vegetables may help protect middle-aged men from stroke, still the third leading cause of death in the US. For every extra th...

Measuring blood pressure - Having no symptoms, hypertension can only be diagnosed by measuring it. Two readings are taken: the pressure of the blood when pumping (systolic), and...

Antihypertensives: the drugs don’t work - None of the 66 pharmaceutical drugs currently licensed as treatment for high blood pressure, or hypertension, are any better than 'water pills', accor...

Keeping blood pressure in check safely - There are literally scores of ways to reduce high blood pressure (BP) without having to take recourse to drugs.