Stunning as it may sound, nearly half of Americans ages 20 years and up—or more than 122 million people—have high blood pressure, according to a 2023 ...

Factors such as diet, stress, sleep, and even hidden environmental triggers (such as air pollution) can contribute to ...

Purpose Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and home blood pressure ...

Objective: To demonstrate the feasibility of everaging impedance plethysmography (IPG) for detection of pulse transit time (PTT) and estimation of blood pressure (BP). Methods: We first established ...

Taking your blood pressure accurately at home can be tricky. I learned this firsthand after my doctor told me to start doing ...

Exercise can temporarily increase blood pressure or lower it slightly. Learn more about when to talk to your doctor, blood pressure readings, and safety tips.

Blood pressure is, on average, lower during the night (sleep) than during the day (waking hours) by approximately 10–20%. However, blood pressure decreases by more than 20% in some patients with ...

In short, the right frequency for checking your blood pressure at home depends on your health status, but doing it regularly ...

Blood pressure shows the force of blood pushing against your artery walls. High blood pressure (hypertension) can increase ...

A Johns Hopkins study reveals slight arm-position changes during blood pressure tests can falsely elevate readings.

Prenatal exposure to a class of dangerous, widely used chemicals could be linked to your child having high blood pressure as a teen, according to a new study.Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl ...

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