Hypertension can affect your mind, heart, eyes and more, often without causing any obvious symptoms at all.

Having excess body weight can increase your blood pressure and affect your immune system. Learn what happens to blood ...

Blood pressure tends to rise in the early morning and peak by mid-morning due to circadian rhythm and other factors. Learn ...

Eating less salt can help reduce blood pressure and the risk of heart disease and strokes, especially in people with salt sensitivity.

Most people with high blood pressure feel completely fine — until they don’t. That’s why hypertension earned the nickname “silent killer.” But when blood pressure reaches truly dangerous levels, your ...

We’ve all been there. You walk out of the office after a long workday, look out over a sea of cars, and wonder, “Now where the heck did I park?” When you’re young, remembering comes easy. “Oh, yeah,” ...

Lipids are fatty compounds that perform a range of essential functions in the body. Phospholipids, steroids, and triglycerides are examples of lipids. Although lipids play an essential role in the ...

Running extreme distances may strain more than just muscles and joints. New research suggests ultramarathons can alter red blood cells in ways that make them less flexible and more prone to breakdown, ...

A team of researchers led by Chandan Sen at the Indiana University School of Medicine, is moving a new nanochip device, which can reprogram skin cells in the body to become new blood vessels and nerve ...