Arteries get stiffer, causing blood pressure to go up,” they add. That’s true even for very health and heart-conscious people ...

So, what is a normal blood pressure reading, and how does it differ by age? As Dr Claire Merrifield, GP and medical director at Selph, explains, ‘normal’ blood pressure is a balancing act.

Published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, the study found that putting an arm on the lap overestimated systolic ...

People may end up misdiagnosed with high blood pressure simply because their arm is in the wrong position when a reading is ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, occurs when the force of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries is ...

Your blood pressure is normal when it's less than 120 over less ... High blood pressure tends to run in families. Age and race also play a role. More than 40% of all Black people in the U.S ...

"We've also learned that people age 55 and older, who currently have normal blood pressure, have a 90% risk of developing high blood pressure down the road," says Aram Chobanian, MD, Dean of ...

A study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers concludes that commonly used ways of positioning the patient's arm during ...