Blood pressure

The importance of having regular eye tests will be in the spotlight this week during National Eye Health Week, along...

Ultra-processed foodssignificantly raise the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, heart attacks and strokes, studies show.

A rehabilitation medicine specialist has identified one of the more unusual symptoms of long Covid – a case where a...

As many as 9.1 million people in England are projected to be living with major health conditions such as diabetes,...

A digital and community-based version of the NHS Health Check mid-life health ‘MOT’ is set to be rolled out across...

High levels of obesity and diabetes contributed to the UK having a “bad outcome” from Covid-19, the official inquiry into...

There have been nearly 100,000 more deaths involving heart conditions and stroke than usual in England since the pandemic began.

The government is not on track to meet its own targets for getting more people in England walking and cycling...

Kidney disease risks becoming “a public health emergency” that could overwhelm the NHS within a decade, a charity has warned....

Occupational health professionals have an opportunity to highlight to the government the value of return to work as a health...

Patients living with obesity cost the NHS twice as much as people whose weight is within a healthy range, research has argued.

More than 4.2 million people in England have high blood pressure but unaware of it, official figures have warned.

People living near busy roads and in noisy neighbourhoods are more at risk of developing high blood pressure.

Researchers have identified the specific regions of the brain that can be damaged by high blood pressure, which may in...

Firefighter instructors are more likely to suffer from chronic inflammation, leaving them at greater risk of infection and illness, a study has found.