It's best to use the cuff that came with your device. If you use a different cuff, even one that says it is compatible with ...

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

For as many as 18 million U.S. adults -- nearly 7% of adults -- at-home blood pressure cuffs are either too small or too large to provide reliable results, according to new findings.

A cuff that is too snug or too loose on the mid-upper arm can lead to greatly exaggerated blood pressure measurements, results of a community-based study show. “If you need a large adult cuff and you ...

While no wrist-cuff monitors are recommended by CR, a few scored a four out of five for accuracy, making them reasonable choices if an upper-arm cuff is not an option for you, according to Sue ...

Cuff-based blood pressure monitors (the 'gold standard') can underestimate systolic pressure, meaning many cases of high ...

After the blood pressure cuff fills up, you'll let the air out slowly. Note the pressure when you first hear your pulse; that's your systolic pressure (the top number in a blood pressure reading ...

I've always had my blood pressure taken on my upper arm, never my wrist, but the Huawei D2 smartwatch with built-in blood pressure monitor changed all of that. It's not every day that I try out a ...

Cambridge scientists have cracked the mystery of why cuff-based blood pressure monitors often give inaccurate readings, ...

She noted, for example, that people who required an extra-large cuff and were measured with a regular cuff had an average BP of 144/86.7 mm Hg, which is in the stage 2 hypertension range. But when ...

The classic, one-size-fits-all blood pressure cuff being used by most doctor’s offices could be hazardous to your health, experts are warning. A new study, published Monday in respected journal ...

Using a cuff to assess blood pressure (BP) produces results that are less consistent than those of intra-arterial assessment. The overestimation of diastolic BP and the underestimation of systolic BP ...