For accurate readings, check your blood pressure twice a day, take five minutes to relax, and make sure you're following your monitor's directions.

High blood pressure, a silent killer, affects many unaware. It can lead to heart disease and stroke. Understanding common ...

A new initiative at the Oneonta Family YMCA aims to combat high blood pressure in Otsego County through its new blood pressure self-monitoring program.

Ounce of Prevention is a weekly column which presents recommendations for preventative services derived from The United ...

Your systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure describe the pressure on your arteries at different points in your ...

- Reinforcing Commitment to Preventive Cardiovascular and Home Blood Pressure Monitoring - The journey began over half a century ago, with the launch of the first OMRON-branded BPM in 1973, when all ...

High blood pressure during pregnancy is common, but it doesn’t always mean preeclampsia. It may appear early, late, or even ...

According to the American Heart Association, if you're at risk of a heart condition or hypertension, it's important to monitor your blood pressure regularly. There are several at-home blood pressure ...

More than a decade ago, I visited my local doctor’s office, suffering from either kidney stone or back-spasm pain (I don’t recall which; at the time, it could have been either, or both, for that ...