A few summers ago, I was sitting with my family on the porch when my dad began to feel abnormally warm and agitated. He had no chest pain and no trouble breathing, but to be safe, he decided to check ...

It’s a smart idea! Everyone with elevated or high blood pressure — stage 1 (or 130/80) and higher — should consider getting a home blood pressure monitor. Home monitoring can help you keep tabs on ...

There are many reasons to keep a blood pressure monitor at home, the main one being that high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) frequently has no symptoms and can easily go undetected, ...

Every time your heart beats, it pumps blood through your circulatory system, putting pressure on your blood vessels -- the veins, arteries and capillaries. This is known as your blood pressure and ...

For the most accurate reading, take your blood pressure in the morning and in the evening. Take five minutes to get relaxed before you take your blood pressure. Make sure to place the cuff just above ...

Danielle Kosecki is an award-winning journalist who has covered health and fitness for 15 years. She's written for Glamour, More, Prevention and Bicycling magazines, among others, and is the editor of ...

Blood pressure monitors help you keep track of your numbers—and get them under control—to help prevent serious medical ...

Based in Tampa, Florida, Virginia Pelley is a former women's magazine editor who has written health and fitness content for Men's Journal, Cosmopolitan magazine, the Chicago Tribune, ...

If you own a Samsung smartwatch, then you can take blood pressure measurements from the wrist. Users with a Galaxy Watch 5, Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, Galaxy Watch 4, Galaxy Watch 3 or an Active 2 can access ...