The American Heart Association and the American the College of Cardiology in 2025 issued guidelines to help reduce ...

The American Heart Association (AHA) has recently published revised its guidelines on hypertension. They state that the condition is the leading risk factor for stroke and a number of heart diseases, ...

New US hypertension guidelines, the first since 2017, released today reinforce prior recommendations that prioritize lowering blood pressure early and aggressively, with special emphasis on lifestyle ...

Prevalence of hypertension remained 30% throughout the study period and was lower than expected, based on a lower threshold for hypertension endorsed by guidelines in 2017. Approximately 1 in 3 adults ...

The guideline emphasizes early blood pressure treatment and personalized care using the PREVENT risk calculator, maintaining 2017 criteria for blood pressure classification. Laboratory testing ...

*In 2017, the American Heart Association and other health organizations revised the definition of high blood pressure, lowering the threshold to 130/80 mm Hg for all adults. Harvard Health reports ...

Preventing and managing high blood pressure with healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as following a heart-healthy diet including reducing salt intake, staying physically active, maintaining a healthy ...

The European Society of Hypertension (ESH) has released an updated, comprehensive hypertension guideline, which has many parts that are similar to a previous 2018 document but which also expands on ...