A new study finds that a difference in blood pressure between arms is associated with an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and death. A team of researchers at the University of Exeter led the ...

Have you ever thought about all the ways pressure differences affect our lives? Pressure differences propel the vehicles we drive. The explosion in an internal combustion engine creates an extreme ...

Blood pressure measurements in children and adolescents should be taken from both arms after new research showed substantial differences could be seen depending on which arm was used. The study, led ...

(CNN) — The next time you get your blood pressure taken at the doctor, you might consider asking the nurse to take it in both arms. A significant difference in the systolic, or top blood pressure ...

Japanese scientists at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Teikyo University of Science, and Juntendo University have found -- in animal studies -- a close relationship between ...

Blood pressure measurements in children and adolescents should be taken from both arms after new research showed substantial differences could be seen depending on which arm was used. Blood pressure ...

Pressure compresses. Support expands. It should be easy to understand. Yet leaders confuse the two. Why? Often someone putting pressure on someone else thinks they are being supportive. But the person ...

The prevalence of hypertension among black African patients is high, and these patients usually need two or more medications for blood-pressure control. However, the most effective two-drug ...

A study published Wednesday looking at how blood pressure measurements change in men and women as they age offers new insights into why the two sexes experience heart disease in different ways.