From smartphone apps to watches, there is an increasing number of ways you can check your blood pressure, but some doctors are not ready to endorse them. “They haven’t really been tested appropriately ...

“High blood pressure is easily treatable and the sooner it is detected and treated, the better chance of preventing all the complications associated with it,” Dr. Farah says. Dr. Paeschke adds to this ...

Could your body be quietly signalling a heart problem? Many people worry about blocked arteries or hidden heart disease but assume that only advanced hospital scans can detect trouble. The truth is, ...

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine say accurate blood pressure readings depend on proper arm positioning -- and many patients and practitioners are getting it wrong. They’re up in arms!

High blood pressure is one of the highly preventable risk factors for any kind of heart trouble, which includes a heart attack, stroke, and heart failure, apart from conditions like kidney failure, ...

June 24 -- (HealthDay News) -- Blood pressure can change frequently based on recent exercise, foods you've eaten, or changes in stress levels. Here are suggestions for monitoring your blood pressure ...

Cumulative systolic blood pressure load over time—a measure incorporating both the magnitude and the duration of high BP—may provide a better indication of future risk of major cardiovascular events ...

DETROIT – Blood pressure: There’s a solid chance you’re checking yours wrong. A new study reveals many people may be checking their blood pressure incorrectly. The research, published in Hypertension, ...

NON-DIABETIC PATIENTS. WELL, IN TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, KEEPING YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IN CHECK MAY BENEFIT YOU IN THE LONG RUN BY CUTTING YOUR RISK OF DEVELOPING DEMENTIA. NEARLY HALF OF AMERICAN ...

Checking your blood pressure is like checking the oil in your car. You know you should do it more often, but that doesn’t mean you will. I heard last week from District reader Elizabeth Fisher, who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Only about 1 in 7 stock photos found online correctly depict the right way to measure blood pressure, researchers reported in a ...