An older Black man takes his blood pressure (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Prostock-studio) Your doctor prescribed blood pressure medication to protect your heart, but what happens when the cure ...

The downside is that stricter blood pressure control can lead to more side effects from medications, such as dizziness, falls ...

Hypertension is sometimes referred to as the "silent killer" because it usually does not exhibit any symptoms until it leads to major complications such as stroke, heart attack, or kidney damage.

They compared three different treatment goals: keeping systolic blood pressure below 140 millimeters of mercury, below 130, ...