High Blood Pressure

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Heart Disease Risk Factors: What Raises Your Risk?

Learn how blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, diabetes, age and family history combine to affect your overall risk of heart disease.

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Blood Pressure Explained: Normal Levels, High Blood Pressure, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Learn what blood pressure numbers mean, normal and high BP levels, causes, symptoms, home monitoring and how hypertension is treated.

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How to Read Blood Pressure Numbers: Systolic, Diastolic and What Your Reading Means

Learn what blood pressure numbers mean, the difference between systolic and diastolic pressure, and how common readings are interpreted.

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How to Keep Your Heart Healthy: A Lifelong Guide to Cardiovascular Risk

Heart health depends on protecting the whole cardiovascular system through movement, nutrition, risk-factor control, screening and appropriate medical treatment.