The researchers stressed that both healthcare workers and the public need to know how important cuff size is. Whether you are getting your blood pressure checked at a doctor’s office, a pharmacy kiosk ...

Some cuffs have artery mark indicators to guide placement ... Manufacturers must provide accuracy data for their noninvasive blood pressure monitors to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

Blood pressure is the force of your blood against the walls of your arteries as its pumped through ... You can use an inflatable cuff, similar to those used at your doctor’s office.

According to a new study from the University of Washington, many of these newer devices claiming to measure blood pressure have not been properly vetted and may be giving consumers inaccurate readings ...

A new study has revealed that the most commonly used way to measure blood pressure may not always give accurate results, ...

Most people with diabetes will eventually have high blood pressure, along with other heart and circulation problems. Diabetes damages arteries and makes them targets for hardening, called ...

The Conversation reports on research that even though most Americans don't know the normal or healthy range for blood ...

Hypertension develops when the force of the blood coming from your heart consistently puts too much pressure on the walls of your arteries ... with a blood pressure monitor.

The accuracy study criteria for the comparisons between the systolic, diastolic, and MAP values from the noninvasive blood pressure monitor and the intra-arterial blood pressure reference standard ...

That’s according to research from Wändi Bruine de Bruin, a professor of public policy, psychology and behavioral science at USC, and Mark Huffman ... over a blood pressure cuff, straps it ...