“One of my hopes is that this will help inform patients as to how to do this on their own and also to tell their health care ...

Managing blood pressure becomes more important as people age, especially for those over 60. Blood pressure is the force of ...

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

Recent research has shed light on a crucial factor affecting blood pressure readings: arm position during measurement.

People who have been diagnosed with high blood pressure may want to check again. That’s because many commonly used arm positions for blood pressure checks can lead to inaccurately high readings, ...

A new study from Johns Hopkins reveals that improper arm position during blood pressure checks can lead to inaccurate ...

"Our findings suggest that early diagnosis and sustained treatment of high blood pressure over time are critical to prevent ...

An inaccurate reading due to poor arm position could lead to misdiagnosis of high blood pressure or unnecessary treatment. As ...

Hypertension-related stroke risk can be decreased by lowering systolic BP to less than 140 mm Hg via aggressive pharmacological treatment.

For example, for a patient whose systolic blood pressure is 128 mmHg — which is in the elevated ... "Somebody could be prescribed medication who doesn't need it at all." Guidelines for measuring blood ...

Researchers say their findings underscore the importance of adhering to clinical guidelines, which call for firm arm support ...

Certain commonly used arm positions may result in inaccurately high blood pressure readings and lead to a misdiagnosis of ...