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Dear Doctors: I have read that for an accurate blood pressure reading, you should first sit in a comfortable chair with no talking or distractions for at least five minutes. But my doctors all slap on ...

Doctors say home blood pressure monitoring can be an effective way to protect your heart health — but only if you use the ...

Blood pressure is the amount of pressure that your blood exerts on the blood vessels in your body. As your heart beats, it contracts and relaxes, pushing blood out of the heart to the arteries, which ...

Jones: The AHA recommends that all patients with high blood pressure use a home monitor to measure their blood pressure at least two or three times per week. In my practice, I recommend that my ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There are many reasons to keep a blood pressure monitor at home, the main one being that high blood ...

Use of an AI voice agent to prompt self-reported blood pressure readings helped to improve accuracy of blood pressure measures and patient outcomes in a group of majority ages 65 and older patients ...

Blood pressure tests taken when a patient's arm is not positioned properly could lead to inaccurate readings and false hypertension diagnoses, according to a new study released Monday. Taking a blood ...

Q I have read that for an accurate blood pressure reading, you should first sit in a comfortable chair with no talking or distractions for at least five minutes. But my doctors all slap on a cuff, ask ...