“One of my hopes is that this will help inform patients as to how to do this on their own and also to tell their health care ...

Blood pressure readings are a key to evaluating your risk of cardiovascular disease. But a new study finds that even small ...

People may end up misdiagnosed with high blood pressure simply because their arm is in the wrong position when a reading is ...

New research shows that different arm positions can produce different blood pressure readings. Blood pressure readings taken ...

Patients should advocate for proper blood pressure measuring techniques to ensure accurate readings and prevent overdiagnosis ...

A new study found that having your arm in the wrong position during blood pressure checks can result in readings 'markedly ...

Certain arm positions -- supported on a lap or hanging by the side of the body -- led to significant overestimation of blood pressure readings compared with standardized positioning, a randomized ...

54 million US adults may be misdiagnosed with high BP based on bad readings. Many people may be surprised to learn the proper ...

Proper arm positioning during blood pressure checks significantly impacts accuracy, as highlighted by a study in JAMA ...

A study reinforces the importance of supporting the arm and placing the BP cuff at heart level, as guidelines recommend.

If you think your blood pressure reading is inaccurate, speak up. Researchers say “the latest clinical practice guidelines ...

Researchers concluded that improper arm position could result in 40 to 54 million people being misclassified as having hypertension.