According to Dr Levine, proper arm placement is needed for the right blood pressure reading. The American Heart Association, ...

Nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure. "High blood pressure (also called hypertension) puts you at ...

Embedded in cell phones, rings, bracelets or watches, the novel tools aim to make it easier to manage hypertension. But they must still pass several tests before hitting the clinic. By Matías A. Loewy ...

Q. You have written about blood pressure measurement, so I thought I’d share my experience. I recently went to my doctor and, as usual, my blood pressure was taken incorrectly.

If you’re being treated with medication for hypertension or being followed for borderline high blood pressure, it’s important to keep track of your blood pressure. Hypertension, more commonly referred ...

The first measurement of blood pressure was made in 1896 by squeezing the flesh around an artery. This method remains the only non-invasive way to measure blood pressure, and 123 years later, there is ...

I had an appointment last week to follow up on a minor abnormality. I had blood drawn and a brief visit to ensure that I didn’t have any other problems. Everything was fine with my blood tests, but I ...

Now we look at yet another error source, stress, and one’s state of mind. While I was taking my blood pressure readings one particular day, I repeated the ...

This article has been updated with additional information about how the study will be structured. As more devices offer wrist-based ECG measurements, many device-makers are setting their sights on ...

Adding a blood pressure monitor to smartwatches could arguably be more important for users’ cardiovascular health than the heart rate and rhythm monitors they have now, says says Ann Marie Navar, a ...

If just by looking at our watch or cell phone we can know, in real time, our heart rate, the number of steps we take, the calories we burn and the hours of sleep we got the night before, why can’t we ...