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

A new study found that about 17 million Americans don’t fit properly in the standard blood pressure cuffs that come with most ...

There are many reasons you may want to track your blood pressure. For starters, it can tell you about your overall cardiovascular health, but it will also help you monitor your risk of heart ...

It’s imperative to keep a check on blood pressure for maintaining total health, especially for those dealing with hypertension or other cardiac diseases. Although the typical upper arm monitors ...

Dr. Tammy Brady — a pediatrician epidemiologist and medical director of the pediatric ... blood pressure reading is feet flat on the floor, back supported with arms leaning on a surface and cuff ...

Improved, wearable, noninvasive pediatric blood pressure monitor Sibel Health, Chicago—Hospital-to-home monitoring for pediatric heart conditions The competition is presented by the Alliance for ...

More than 17 million U.S. adults may be unable to get accurate blood pressure measurements at home from popular ...

The researchers wrote that there are several physiological reasons why blood pressure measurements could be erroneously higher when the arm is not adequately positioned or supported. A greater ...

co-director of the Center for Blood Pressure Disorders at Cleveland Clinic, told Health. The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends using an automatic, cuff-style monitor that goes on your ...

A greater vertical distance between the heart and where the cuff is placed can increase hydrostatic pressure in the arteries, or the pressure of the blood against the wall, due to gravity’s ...