Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Blood pressure is the amount of pressure that your blood exerts on the blood ...

Checking your blood pressure at home or a local pharmacy can be an effective way to stay proactive about your heart health. However, when you’re not receiving readings in the presence of a doctor, it ...

Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries (vessels that carry blood from the heart to the rest of your body). Blood pressure is measured in two numbers. Systolic ...

The new guidelines also emphasize the fact that diet can have a major impact on blood pressure. They recommend that all ...

The Omron Complete Wireless Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor with EKG was the first FDA-approved combination EKG-blood ...

Dr. Priyanka Sherawat from AIIMS, Delhi, advises following ten essential tips for accurate home blood pressure monitoring.

Researchers have found why common cuff-based blood pressure readings are inaccurate and how they might be improved, which could improve health outcomes for patients. High blood pressure, or ...

Your blood-pressure reading probably isn’t as accurate as you think. More often than not, patients and even nurses and doctors are skipping steps that help paint an accurate portrait of someone’s ...

When a patient's blood pressure reads normal at home and high in a doctor's office, it's called "white coat hypertension" -- and new research suggests that it is not a benign condition. When a patient ...