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There’s a bias towards older people because doctors are concerned that they won’t do well on these lower blood pressures,” ...

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

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

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

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