The Rwandan government has announced plans to empower community health workers in the tracking and managing hypertension to help the country deal with the issue, which affected at least 15 per cent of ...

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

All pheochromocytomas need to be surgically removed. While blood pressure is typically not a factor in deciding whether or not to perform surgery, this is one of the rare cases where some attempt is ...

LOUISIANA — Superstore, Walmart invites community members to receive free health screenings such as glucose, cholesterol, body mass index and blood pressure as well as affordable immunizations.

Lead author Doctor Shumin Rui, a public health statistician at Columbia University in New York, said: "We think efforts should be made to expand high blood pressure screenings, especially for at-risk ...

The West Caldwell Health Department is now offering free community blood pressure screenings for residents of West Caldwell, North Caldwell and Fairfield. The screenings will take place at two ...

We gave all of the blood pressure cuffs away. Rohen didn’t think we would give them all away, but everybody wanted them. And actually, on screening the clients there, we found that a couple of ...

For more information, check NHS blood pressure testing guidelines. Blood pressure monitors in the Which? test lab Not all blood pressure monitors are accurate, and comparing models in the shop won’t ...

When a pregnant woman had her blood sampled back in 1972, doctors discovered it was mysteriously missing a surface molecule found on all other known red blood cells at the time. After 50 years, this ...

Physicians, in general, are not known for their skills in taking accurate BPs, and obstetricians are no exception. Most read BP only to the nearest 5 or 10 mm Hg, and many never use a large cuff.