Posts Tagged ‘hypertension’

Detecting the “Silent Killer”: Steps to an Accurate Blood Pressure Reading

As we age, our doctors tell us to stay active and keep a healthy lifestyle. They take our blood pressure, recite a few numbers, and possibly talk about how to change the number. But what do those numbers mean? Blood pressure is read as a fraction (i.e. 117/76) and is measured in millimeters of mercury [...]

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Posted by on March 19th, 2013 at 10:43 am
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