As long as Indians lived a non-industrialised life —  sleeping early and working hard physically — they had normal blood pressure well into their seventies. Now, with a sedentary, ind...

The reason blood pressure tends to rise with age may be a Western diet and lifestyle, concludes a study of remote tribal communities that has been recently published in the journal, JAMA Cardiology.Hi...

Indian doctors seeking standard treatment protocols, the ideal or most appropriate guidelines to treat specific diseases, would find at least four such protocols for diabetes, six for high blood press...

Since 2005, May 17 has been World Hypertension Day to raise awareness about high blood pressure (BP) and its complications.Globally, hypertension is one of the most common lifestyle diseases today. Ac...

As we step into another year of celebrating World Health Day, we can be proud of how we have been able to combat diseases such as malaria and polio. However, the issue of conquering lifestyle diseases...

In India, one in every 10 adults has chronic kidney disease (CKD). In this disease, the kidneys are damaged and can’t filter blood the way they should be able to. It is called “chronic” because...