Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment reduces the risk for potentially vision-damaging bouts of inflammation and infection, as well as pain, which occur when shingles affects the eye, according to ...

Body position: Readings should be taken while the patient is seated with their back supported, feet flat on the floor, and arm supported at heart level. Sitting on an exam table without back support ...

High systolic blood pressure, often just called high blood pressure or hypertension, is a common condition that can lead to ...

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

Aspirin also lowers the risk of heart attacks and strokes, particularly in people at high risk of these problems. Usually, only very low daily doses -- 81 milligrams or one baby aspirin -- are ...

Today in Italy, approximately 18 million people suffer from hypertension, many of whom are not perfectly controlled.

Two commonly used arm positions used in clinics to take a blood pressure reading could overestimate the results and lead to a ...

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

New research shows that different arm positions can produce different blood pressure readings. Blood pressure readings taken ...

Thirty minutes before a person checks their blood pressure, they should not smoke, drink caffeinated beverages and use the washroom ahead of time, and should avoid trying to measure it if the ...

One key mistake has been linked to far higher readings than if taken the way the NHS recommends - sitting in an upright chair ...