About half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, a major risk for heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure, even dementia.

For people with high blood pressure, monitoring blood pressure accurately is important. Learn about choosing a device, self-monitoring steps and best timing and frequency practices.

Several key mistakes could throw off the accuracy of blood pressure readings for people who take them at home ... while leaving their arm hanging at their side increased it by nearly 7 mmHg.

As a rule of thumb, make sure that the cuff fits easily around your arm with ... can send the blood pressure skyrocketing, even if it's normal most of the time. Unless you take readings outside ...

People often let chronic conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes go for a long time without treatment. Here’s why ...

Certain arm positions can lead to inflated results ... as caffeine will raise it," Serwer said. When taking blood pressure, Serwer recommends checking it twice and waiting at least one minute ...

Several key mistakes could throw off the accuracy of blood pressure readings for people who take them at home ... sees patients make when monitoring their blood pressure. Certain arm positions can ...