It has been further demonstrated that lowering systolic blood pressure (SBP) as well diastolic blood pressure (DBP) confers benefit. [1] In the late 1970s, reexamination of Framingham data ...

Normal blood pressure is defined as less than 120 systolic pressure and less than 80 diastolic. Stage 1 high blood pressure ...

In the early stage of hypertension, diastolic blood pressure has greater prognostic importance, but in the elderly, systolic blood pressure is the most important marker of cardiovascular ...

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

Diastolic blood pressure, or the bottom number that you get while measuring blood pressure, is no less important that the systolic blood pressure reading and can tell a lot about your overall health.

Because so many people have high blood pressure and the consequences of untreated or poorly treated high blood pressure ...

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54 million US adults may be misdiagnosed with high BP based on bad readings. Many people may be surprised to learn the proper ...

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

The researchers found that when people had their arms hanging by their sides during the reading, their systolic pressure was ...

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

Johns Hopkins Medicine Normal blood pressure is defined as less than 120 systolic pressure and less than 80 diastolic. Stage 1 high blood pressure is when systolic is 130 to 139 or diastolic is 80 ...