Dangling your arm, wearing the wrong size cuff, and talking or scrolling on your phone can make a reading higher or lower ...

How you position your arm during blood pressure checks ... at home in relaxed settings must be preferred to taking it in the office. Blood pressure should not be taken immediately after any ...

As prevalence of CVDs continues to increase, the AHA and AMA have developed the Target BP initiative to improve blood pressure control in US adults.

Drinking coffee, tea, or energy drinks shortly before measuring blood pressure can lead to a temporary spike. Caffeine is a ...

More often than not, patients and even nurses and doctors are skipping steps that help paint an accurate portrait of ...

For most women, it doesn’t take much to get blood pressure down into a healthier range,” promises Nieca Goldberg, MD, Medical ...

Blood pressure medication helps millions manage their health, but certain warning signs while taking these medications should never be ignored. Understanding these symptoms can help prevent ...

Taking blood pressure inaccurately can often produce a reading that is too high rather than too low. Resting an arm in a lap overestimated the systolic reading by 3.9 millimeters of mercury ...

"A cuff should be positioned over your bare arm at the level of your heart ... And you should take your blood pressure at least a couple of times in a sitting," added the report.