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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, ...

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

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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.