Dangling your arm, wearing the wrong size cuff, and talking or scrolling on your phone can make a reading higher or lower ...
Drinking coffee, tea, or energy drinks shortly before measuring blood pressure can lead to a temporary spike. Caffeine is a ...
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.
Understanding how light interacts with living cells and tissues is the foundation of Boston University engineer Darren ...
"A cuff should be positioned over your bare arm at the level of your heart. You shouldn't talk or scroll on your phone while ...
More often than not, patients and even nurses and doctors are skipping steps that help paint an accurate portrait of someone’s blood pressure ...
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 ...