Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

A dangerously high blood pressure reading for women is 180/120 mmHg or higher. Learn more about the health risks and when to seek emergency care.

I am more concerned than your doctors seem to be about your nighttime blood pressure being higher than your daytime levels.

Women tend to develop cardiovascular disease during the transition to menopause. Lifestyle habits, age and menopausal hormone ...

Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries (vessels that carry blood from the heart to the rest of your body). Blood pressure is measured in two numbers. Systolic ...