February is American Heart Month, and knowing your blood pressure is a big part of staying healthy. Blood pressure tells a ...

County leaders are raising awareness for heart disease with the Love Your Heart event, which promotes being heart healthy.

What Do Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure Numbers Mean? When you check your blood pressure, you get two numbers. The first, or top, number, is called systolic blood pressure. The second ...

The Know Your Numbers program, organized and sponsored by the Kern County Department of Public Health Services, offers two health screenings informing participants of their body mass index, blood ...

High blood pressure is often called a silent killer, and many people don't even know they have it. Sentara Health is encouraging everyone to check their numbers.

Patrick Moore was not too happy about his numbers — the numbers he was shown at the free Know Your Numbers health ... After having his blood pressure checked, and then his glucose level ...

Know Your Numbers, he said, is geared at monitoring key health metrics such as blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol and body mass index (BMI), ensuring early detection and intervention for the ...

This article will walk you through how to check your blood pressure, along with tips to help ensure accurate readings. Systolic pressure: This first (or top) number in a reading measures the ...

It supplies your heart with blood by filling the coronary arteries. Your blood pressure reading is made up of two numbers: first the systolic measure, then the diastolic measure. Having a lower ...

Aerobic exercise could shave five points off your systolic blood pressure (the first, or top, number in your blood ... They can let you know what, if anything, is off-limits, and whether your ...