Knowing your blood pressure numbers could save your life
"Our findings suggest that early diagnosis and sustained treatment of high blood pressure over time are critical to prevent ...
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Is Your Doctor’s Age Bias Making Your High Blood Pressure Worse?
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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For an Accurate Blood Pressure Reading, Position Your Arm This Way
A new study finds that the way your arm is positioned during a blood pressure reading can skew measurements, sometimes ...
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Can electricity treat high blood pressure?
Several medications are available to treat high blood pressure, but more than 10 million Americans do not respond to the ...
Single pill could save lives with revolutionary hypertension treatment, new research finds
A new study has found that a revolutionary new treatment that combines three existing hypertension medications into one could ...
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11 experts on why gains in cardiovascular disease are stalling and what we can do about it
STAT asked 11 experts, including the FDA commissioner, why the world's wealthiest nation is doing so poorly on cardiovascular ...
What is Hypertension? Everything You Need to Know
Hypertension is a very common condition, affecting about half of all adults in the U.S. But it doesn’t always have symptoms, ...
Certain arm positions commonly used for blood pressure checks may lead to inaccurate results. Here’s the right way to do it
A new study found that having your arm in the wrong position during blood pressure checks — either at home or the doctor’s ...
Single blood pressure pill could save countless lives with new treatment plan, research finds
New research has unearthed what could be a staggering treatment for high blood pressure by combining multiple existing ...
Westfield Health Bulletin: Blood pressure reading may depend on how arm is held
Do you truly need that prescription for hypertension pills? A new study found an improperly positioned arm can lead to ...
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Certain arm positions commonly used for blood pressure checks may lead to inaccurate results. Here’s the right way to do it
Having high blood pressure raises the risk for heart disease ... “I don’t think that we are aggressive enough with the treatment of hypertension in America,” Dr. Dave Montgomery, a ...