(FG Trade/E+ via Getty Images) Lea en español When some people stand up from sitting or lying down, they may feel dizzy or even faint because of a sudden drop in blood pressure. That phenomenon, which becomes more common in older adults, is called orthostatic hypotension. Previous research has suggested a link between orthostatic hypotension,…

(andresr/E+ via Getty Images) The simple act of having someone lie down for a blood pressure reading might reveal more than expected about their heart health, preliminary research has found. Using data from a large, long-running study, researchers discovered that when compared with readings taken while someone was sitting, readings that showed high blood pressure…

(andresr/E+ via Getty Images) A bilingual program that connected people and health care workers via an app and at-home monitoring showed the potential of such an effort to manage high blood pressure, new research shows. More than half of patients with uncontrolled high blood pressure brought it under control after participating in the program, according…

(kuppa_rock/iStock via Getty Images) Drinking alcoholic beverages on a regular basis – even if it’s just one drink per day – may raise blood pressure levels as you age, a new research analysis suggests. The study, published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, found people who routinely drank even small amounts of alcohol…

(Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/DigitalVision via Getty Images) People who feel discriminated against at work may face a substantially higher risk of developing high blood pressure, new research shows. The study, published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association, defined workplace discrimination as working in unfair conditions or facing unpleasant treatment at work because…

(Ivan-balvan/iStock via Getty Images) People with irregular sleep patterns may face substantially higher odds of high blood pressure than those who stick to a schedule, even when they get the recommended amount of sleep each night, new research suggests. The study, published Tuesday in the journal Hypertension, found people who slept in on the weekends…

(Obradovic/E+ via Getty Images) Blood pressure measurements taken in a medical office can vary widely between visits, new research finds, offering further support for guidelines that call for supplemental home monitoring. “These large variations in blood pressure measurements pose a great challenge to determine whether hypertension treatment is actually working,” said lead study author Yuan…

(gorodenkoff/iStock via Getty Images) Intensively lowering blood pressure may lead to structural changes in the brain that help it clear away toxins and other byproducts, potentially reducing the risk for dementia, new research suggests. This is the first study to look at whether intensive blood pressure treatment can slow or reverse the volume of brain…

(ATHVisions/E+ via Getty Images) Several years ago, researchers published in JAMA a promising discovery: intensively lowering blood pressure appeared to reduce the risk for cognitive decline in people 50 and older with high blood pressure. But questions remained about whether the strategy was safe or effective in people whose diastolic blood pressure – the bottom…

(Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images) A type of “bad” cholesterol could raise the risk for first heart attacks, strokes and death from heart disease, new research suggests. But the increased risk only appears in people who already have high blood pressure. Lipoprotein(a), like low-density cholesterol (LDL), is a subtype of lipoprotein that can…