A new study found that having your arm in the wrong position during blood pressure checks — either at home or the doctor’s ...

A new study found that patients who rest their arm on the lap or at their side during a blood pressure reading tend to get ...

Improper arm positions sometimes used during blood pressure screenings may lead to significantly overestimated readings, ...

A high blood pressure reading is certainly concerning. But there's a possibility that an incorrect arm position may be ...

Sit quietly for at least five minutes before taking the first reading, and do not talk during the reading. At the first visit ...

A new study found that having your arm in the wrong position during blood pressure checks can result in readings 'markedly ...

Researchers concluded that improper arm position could result in 40 to 54 million people being misclassified as having hypertension.

Blood pressure is a fundamental data point when evaluating risk of cardiovascular disease. But a new study finds that even small missteps in how these readings are taken can skew the results.

One study, published last year in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, found that using standard, regular-sized blood pressure cuffs resulted ... you keep your legs uncrossed and your feet flat ...