For people with high blood pressure, monitoring blood pressure accurately is important. Learn about choosing a device, self-monitoring steps and best timing and frequency practices.

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Everyone with high blood pressure (typically 130/80 mmHg or higher) should monitor their blood pressure at home, as per the American Heart Association. It's essential because the tracking can help ...

For many people, medications may be needed to treat high blood pressure, but for everyone making lifestyle changes can make a ...

The second refers to diastolic blood pressure, which is the force of the blood when the heart rests between beats. Healthcare professionals measure blood pressure readings in millimeters of ...

Last year, a study highlighted that your doctor's office might be taking your blood pressure wrong. The current best practice ...

Researchers at UCSD say they developed a smartphone app that can use the phone's native camera to measure blood pressure.

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

The AHA’s Target BP initiative is a movement to increase blood pressure control among adults living with hypertension in the United States.

WASHINGTON — Nothing doctors prescribed controlled Michael Garrity’s dangerously high blood pressure — until they zapped away some nerves on his kidneys. If that sounds weird, well ...

For those with “white coat hypertension,” a condition in which the anxiety of being in a clinical setting causes an individual’s blood pressure to increase, self-measuring your blood ...