Blood Pressure

Medicare's prescription-coverage program cuts healthcare costs by about $12 billion. That's because the benefit reduces admissions to nursing homes and hospitals, according to a new study.

Hewlett Packard and partners are testing a watch that constantly monitors a resident's blood pressure. The testing is being done at the firm's Data Center Design for Cloud Computing Lab in Singapore. The watch, called HP's Mobile Health (mHealth) Monitoring Solution, uses microscopic arterial pulse waves from the radial artery to monitor a patient's blood pressure at the wrist. The product's goal is to improve the early detection, treatment and prevention of cardiovascular conditions.

Seniors fighting muscle weakness could be helped by widely available blood pressure medications, according to new research.

The largest-ever clinical trial to determine the effect of lower blood pressure on dementia is preparing to enroll participants, according to recent reports.

Preventing chronic conditions could both save significant amounts of money and add healthy years to the lives of the elderly, according to a new report.

Beta-blockers, a once-popular treatment for seniors with high blood pressure, are now known to be less effective at preventing stroke than other blood pressure treatments. New research from the University of Leicester sheds light on some reasons why.