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Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a condition in which the pressure of the blood in the arteries is above normal. What Is Hypertension? Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. Arteries are the blood vessels that carry the blood from the heart through the entire body. High blood pressure results either when [...]

A new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that social stress could be an important precursor to heart disease by causing the body to deposit more fat in the abdominal cavity, speeding the harmful buildup of plaque in blood vessels, a stepping stone to the number one cause of [...]