Poor Sleep is Linked to Higher BP

If you want to lower your BP, you should also make efforts to improve your sleeping quality and quantity, Mayo Clinic scientists suggests.

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Standards for Ambulatory BP Monitoring

As ambulatory BP monitoring has become overwhelmingly popular nowadays, the Italian Society of Hypertension has released a new paper on the minimum requirements of a standard ambulatory BP report.

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Sms Intervention to Improve Health Consciousness

South African researchers to make use of the country's extensive mobile network to better connect people to healthcare.

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Music to Decrease High Blood Pressure

Listening to music for a half an hour daily can significantly reduce your blood pressure without taking drugs. That is the conclusion of a new study which analyzed the effects of combination of music with lifestyle modification versus lifestyle modification alone on blood pressure reduction.

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Street Food May Increase Hypertension

Chinese food, Indian curries, kebabs, hot dogs, hamburgers – street food is eaten by nearly 2.5bn people daily worldwide, but latest research shows that eating out can increase the risk of hypertension - at least among Southeast Asian individuals.

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