Checking your blood pressure at home or a local pharmacy can be an effective way to stay proactive about your heart health.

Use this blood pressure chart to interpret your blood pressure readings and monitor this important heart health metric from home. Menu. Newsletters Search. Health Conditions. Wellness & Self-Care.

This chart provides a breakdown of the five main blood pressure categories to help you interpret your readings and understand what action may be necessary. Normal blood pressure is in a healthy range.

Here’s a quick refresher: the systolic pressure (the top number) is the force of your blood when your heart is actively ...

Researchers have shown, for the first time, that speckle contrast optical spectroscopy (SCOS) can be used for cuffless blood ...

In 2017, the American Heart Association revised the definition of high blood pressure, lowering the threshold to 130/80 mm Hg for all adults.

A new type of medication may help lower blood pressure in people with uncontrolled hypertension, researchers reported Saturday at the annual meeting of American College of Cardiology in Chicago ...

Fitbit has outlined a new kind of blood pressure wearable in an updated patent filing recently published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as spotted by NotebookCheck. Google’s ...

When the blood pressure of the patient was under control but had a lot of fluctuation, the doctors were more likely to accurately assess the patient's health using the new smoothed graph compared ...