While there is debate about which sleeping position is best with high blood pressure and sleep apnea, there is one position that is best avoided altogether.

Each study participant underwent a total of 12 blood pressure measurements with their arms in each of those various positions. Among the participants, when their arms were supported on a desk as ...

An accurate blood pressure reading is an important part of preventive health care. Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine have found that certain arm positions commonly used to take blood ...

To learn whether arm position made a difference in blood pressure readings, Brady and her colleagues recruited 133 adults, 78% of them Black and 52% female. The study volunteers’ ages ranged ...

Blood pressure is measured in units of millimeters of mercury or mm Hg, which consists of two numbers – the upper or systolic reading and the lower or diastolic reading.A person is considered as ...

To learn whether arm position made a difference in blood pressure readings, Brady and her colleagues recruited 133 adults, 78% of them Black and 52% female. The study volunteers’ ages ranged ...

Blood pressure is measured in units of millimeters of mercury or mm Hg, which consists of two numbers – the upper or systolic reading and the lower or diastolic reading.A person is considered as ...

Arm position during blood pressure check may lead to wrong reading, study finds Common arm positions during screening can cause a significant increase in the systolic pressure number.

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — A new study found that having your arm in the wrong position during blood pressure checks — either at home or the doctor’s office — can result in readings ...