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Garmin Index BPM smart blood pressure monitor review: integrate wellness data with your fitness metrics
Garmin's Index BPM enables you to wirelessly monitor your blood pressure alongside the rest of your fitness metrics in Garmin ...
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New device could deliver bedside blood test results in an hour
Researchers have developed a handheld, sound-based diagnostic system able to deliver precise results in an hour with a mere finger-prick of blood.
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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 ...
FDA's promised guidance on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias, say experts
The patient was in his 60s, an African American man with emphysema. The oximeter placed on his fingertip registered well ...
If your Apple Watch alerts you to sleep apnea, here’s what it means and what to do next
Already multitool smart devices, Apple Watches added another buzzworthy feature last month: an app to detect sleep apnea.
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Everyday Pain Relief: High Blood Pressure
That's especially true for people with high blood pressure. Many over-the-counter (OTC) painkillers can push your blood pressure higher. That can be dangerous. Since high blood pressure has no ...
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What is Device Pulse on TracFone?
Please verify your email address. Device Pulse is a messaging and device monitoring app that's preinstalled on all smartphones bought from the MVNO TracFone. It ...
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Think you have high blood pressure? You might just be measuring it wrong
People could be being diagnosed with high blood pressure because they are holding their arms the wrong way during tests, research suggests. Scientists found that arm position makes a “huge ...
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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
Blood pressure is measured in units of millimeters of mercury or mm Hg, which consists of two numbers – the upper or systolic reading and the lower or diastolic reading. A person is considered ...
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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
(CNN) — A new study found that having your arm in the wrong position during blood pressure checks — either at home or the doctor’s office — can result in readings “markedly higher ...
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People may be misdiagnosed with high blood pressure ‘due to arm position’
Person's arm resting on a desk while a nurse takes their blood pressure via a small machine and cuff on the upper arm People may end up misdiagnosed with high blood pressure simply because their ...