A new study finds that the way your arm is positioned during a blood pressure reading can skew measurements, sometimes ...

Do you truly need that prescription for hypertension pills? A new study found an improperly positioned arm can lead to ...

(It's important to note that any blood pressure reading above 180 systolic -- top number -- or 120 diastolic, is considered a hypertensive crisis and you should seek medical care immediately.) ...

The researchers found that when people had their arms hanging by their sides during the reading, their systolic pressure was ...

Many people may be surprised to learn the proper procedure for taking a blood pressure reading—because of how different it is from what happens during their doctor's appointments. Deviations ...

They’re up in arms! Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine say accurate blood pressure readings depend on proper arm positioning — and many patients and practitioners are getting it wrong.

The way you’re positioned during a blood pressure reading can affect its accuracy, and supporting your arm on a table is best, a new study finds. Lap and side positions resulted in substantial ...

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

Having a blood pressure reading taken is an important part of preventative health care. That is because having too high — known as hypertension — or too low — called hypotension — blood ...

Blood pressure readings may not be accurate unless a person’s arm is positioned correctly, a new study suggests. A comparison of blood pressure readings taken while people held their arms three ...