Our expert explains why chronic high blood pressure is so bad for your body — and offers tips for lowering yours to an optimal level.
Have High Blood Pressure? Here’s How to Make the Most of Your At-Home Monitoring
If you have hypertension, your doctor might recommend buying a home blood pressure monitor. Use these tips to take and track accurate and helpful measurements at home.
Are Salt Substitutes a Healthy Way to Lower Your Sodium Intake?
When your doctor tells you to cut the sodium in your diet, you may not know where to start. Are salt substitutes a safe option? Find out who should and shouldn’t use them, and how to make meals less salty and more flavorful.
Buying a Home Blood Pressure Monitor? 6 Things You Need to Know
Your doctor says you need a home blood pressure monitor. But you’ve never seen so many choices. Get a heart and hypertension expert’s advice on which features you need – and which you don’t.
Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit academic medical center. Advertising on our site helps support our mission. We do not endorse non-Cleveland Clinic products or services. Policy
Are You Cooking Meat? Higher Temps = Higher BP Risk
A large study finds a link between cooking meat at high temperatures and high blood pressure risk. Here’s what you need to know before firing up the grill or even heating meat in the oven or on the stove.
What Happened When Barbers Helped Black Men With High Blood Pressure
A recent study found that barbers in the African-American community, aided by an on-site pharmacist, helped reduce high blood pressure significantly among their customers.
New Blood Pressure Guidelines Aimed at Starting Treatment Sooner
The guidelines are expected to reclassify millions of people as having high blood pressure. They are the first new blood pressure guidelines in 14 years.
Love Packaged Foods But Hate the Sodium? Read On
A study shows some processed and packaged foods contain less sodium today than they did nearly 15 years ago.
How Salt Can Impact Your Blood Pressure, Heart and Kidneys
For some people, high salt intake can cause high blood pressure — and create a vicious cycle of heart and kidney damage. Are you at risk?
How Making Your Heart Work Harder Makes it Stronger
It may sound counterintuitive, but regularly making your heart work harder can actually lower your blood pressure and ease your heart’s burden. Find out how it works.
