Blood pressure during a heart attack could read as normal, elevated, or low, depending on the affected heart area. For example, a heart attack affecting the lower right part of the heart (an inferior ...

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Regularly monitoring blood pressure is essential, but are you doing it right? New research reveals that lying down for ...

A new study found a minor difference between blood pressure measurements taken in public spaces compared to those in private ...

Last year, a study highlighted that your doctor's office might be taking your blood pressure wrong. The current best practice is to take seated blood pressure readings with a detailed protocol: ...

"In contrast to prevailing beliefs, our finding suggests that the impact of a noisy public space on BP readings is small and ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (UPI) --The next time you take your blood pressure in a supermarket or drugstore, don't worry about noise affecting the reading much -- it doesn't. A new study found a minor ...

“Our study shows that intensive blood pressure control is an important strategy in the prevention of cognitive impairment, a ...

Medical research reveals that nearly half of American adults misunderstand their blood pressure readings, leading to potentially dangerous oversight of this critical health indicator. Blood ...

Healthcare professionals measure blood pressure readings in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg). A normal reading is less than 120 mm Hg systolic and 80 mm Hg diastolic, which doctors write as “less ...