“Roughly 6% of all maternal deaths in the United States are due to a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy,” said Joan Briller, MD, of the University of Illinois, Chicago, in a presentation at the ...

A comprehensive new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics shows that chronic health conditions are nearly universal among Americans age 85 ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Cynthia Graham, 62, began having high blood pressure, also ...

For both men and women, hypertension was the most common chronic condition reported, with a higher prevalence for women than men (68.9% vs 63.7%). HealthDay News — Hypertension is the most common ...