The current ACC and AHA guidelines recommend that older adults with a blood pressure reading of 130/80 mm Hg or higher be ...

Blood pressure is not always consistent, and can vary even when the child is resting. Thus, elevated BP readings should be repeated and confirmed over several visits before a child is identified as ...

A medical instructor has gone viral after telling viewers five ways your doctor's office might be measuring your blood ...

More than a thousand people a year in the South West could be spared death if more patients with high blood pressure were treated, according to NHS figures ... eye on their readings Somerset ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects more than 25 percent of UK adults, according to the NHS. Having high blood pressure increase your risk of heart disease, heart attacks and strokes.

NHS Sussex said those with high blood pressure readings could be promptly referred to their GP for effective management. In Sussex, 33,750 people have blood pressure readings in the at-risk range.

We tested wrist and arm cuff blood pressure monitors from big-name brands including Boots, Braun and Omron. The best blood pressure monitors provide accurate readings and are user ... claiming these ...

The NHS is going to use drones to fly blood samples across London to avoid the traffic. Drone flights will mean the samples can be transported in a fraction of the time it currently takes couriers ...

The flights were part of a joint trial between the NHS and healthcare logistics startup Apian. Its aim was to test the viability of blood samples following drone transport. To do this, the ...

A woman who was one of thousands of patients given an unreliable blood test result because of faulty hospital machinery says she will struggle to ever trust the NHS again. Up to 11,000 people are ...