A new initiative at the Oneonta Family YMCA aims to combat high blood pressure in Otsego County through its new blood pressure self-monitoring program.

By simplifying the numbers I tracked midrace, I felt less anxious, more focused, and actually enjoyed running more.

Your systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure describe the pressure on your arteries at different points in your heart beat.

I recommend these features and settings to everyone who's just set up a new Apple Watch or wants to get more out of the one already on their wrist.

Home blood pressure monitoring is crucial for managing heart health, yet many perform it incorrectly, leading to inaccurate readings. Proper technique involves using a validated upper-arm cuff, ...

Taking my blood pressure is always nerve wracking. I do not have any risk factors for high blood pressure (hypertension), but the slow tightening of the cuff makes me very aware of my heart rate, and ...

In July, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the first over-the-counter cuffless blood pressure monitor. The Hilo Band, made by Aktiia, uses an optical sensor to continuously track blood ...

To find the best blood pressure monitors, we’ve taken more than 1,500 blood pressure readings to bring you our definitive verdict on the ease of use, comfort and accuracy of widely available models.

A team of scientists and engineers from the FDA has fabricated a model of the vascularized skin layers of the human wrist, which they then used to perform successful nonclinical testing of wrist-worn, ...

The research team that tackled this problem devised a continuous blood pressure monitoring technology based on the observation that the time it takes for electrical signals (electrocardiogram) and ...

The Aktiia G0 Blood Pressure Monitoring System is worn on a user’s wrist. [Photo courtesy of Aktiia] Aktiia said today it has secured the first FDA 510(k) clearance for over-the-counter use of a ...