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A number of GPs and health experts have explained why home blood pressure monitors sometimes give different readings compared to those at the doctor's. Plenty of people in the UK have been diagnosed ...

Systolic pressure measures arterial pressure when the heart contracts, with normal readings less than 120 mmHg. Diastolic pressure measures arterial pressure when the heart relaxes, with normal ...

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High blood pressure that has no known cause is called primary, or essential, hypertension. This is the most common type of high blood pressure. It develops slowly, and often people with primary ...

After more than 11 years of injuries and a death, the manufacturer of blood glucose monitors has issued a correction to the instructions directing actions when the glucose might be dangerously high.