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It is important to have regular blood pressure readings taken and to know your numbers, because high blood pressure usually does not cause symptoms until serious complications occur. Undiagnosed or uncontrolled high blood pressure can cause complications such as chronic kidney disease, heart attack, heart failure, stroke, and possibly vascular dementia.

Everyone age 3 or older should have their blood pressure checked by a healthcare provider at least once a year. Healthy lifestyle changes can help prevent high blood pressure from developing.

Factors that increase your risk for high blood pressure include unhealthy lifestyle habits such as eating too much sodium, drinking too much alcohol, and being physically inactive. Other risk factors include age, family history and genetics, race and ethnicity, and sex.

Learn why a virtual colonoscopy is used, how to prepare for the procedure, and what to expect. Find out how virtual colonoscopy is different from colonoscopy.

Learn how an upper gastrointestinal (GI) series can diagnose problems in your upper GI tract, how to prepare for the procedure, and what to expect afterwards.

Chart helps you compare kidney failure treatment choices—hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and transplant—schedule, flexibility, diet, training, and more.

Learn about type 1 diabetes and its causes, diagnosis, and treatment. You can’t prevent type 1 diabetes, but you can manage it with insulin and healthy habits.

NDM and MODY are uncommon forms of diabetes that result from changes in your genes. Learn about diagnosis, genetic testing and counseling, and treatment.

Para tener un peso saludable, aprenda a leer una etiqueta de información nutricional, comprenda cómo difieren las raciones y las porciones y elija la cantidad adecuada de alimentos para usted.

Learn how a lower gastrointestinal (GI) series can diagnose problems in your large intestine, how to prepare for the procedure, and what to expect afterwards.