It’s represented by the top number in a blood pressure reading. Diastolic pressure is the pressure in your arteries when your heart is resting between beats. It’s represented by the bottom ...

A healthy blood pressure reading is defined as 120/80 millimeters of mercury (mmHg) or lower. Hypotension is generally defined by blood pressure readings below 90/60 mmHg. “Some people may ...

High blood pressure, often termed the 'silent killer', is a condition that goes undetected in about half of the UK population, with many never having had their blood pressure measured. It's ...

My latest blood pressure is 124/82 and so I don’t need to consider medication. But after reading these studies I would now look to getting it treated when it started hitting the 130s (and not ...

In a video, Asus shows how users will need to keep still for a few seconds while it takes a reading. It will then offer a blood pressure reading in millimeters of mercury (mm/Hg) on-screen or ...

A home blood pressure monitor has a number of advantages, such as sharing your readings over time with your health professional and seeing how new treatments are working for you. You can also get a ...

The filing suggests it could have a PPG sensor as well as the inflatable blood pressure-reading hardware, to allow it to record heart rate and blood oxygenation. It suggests Fitbit may go further ...

Compared with no intervention, breath control achieved a reduction of 6.65 mm Hg in systolic blood pressure (the first and higher number in a blood pressure reading), meditation a drop of 7.71 mm ...

But scientists have now found a potentially more effective way of keeping your blood pressure reading in check. Eating potassium-rich foods like bananas may be more effective than lowering your ...

High blood pressure affects a third of people 30 to 80-years-old. Now new research gives another easy lifestyle change that can help to prevent long term complications. A few of the most commonly ...