Hypertension is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the most common cause of death worldwide. Less than half the people with high blood pressure are aware of their diagnosis, and only ...

Cuffless devices to measure blood pressure, such as smartwatches, rings, patches and fingertip monitors, show great promise as alternatives to traditional arm-cuff monitors, however, they are not yet ...

If just by looking at our watch or cell phone, we can know, in real-time, our heart rate, the number of steps we take, the calories we burn, and the hours of sleep we got the night before, why can’t ...

Monitoring a person's blood pressure on a regular basis can help health care professionals with early detection of various health problems such as high blood pressure, which has no warning signs or ...

Jin-Tae Kim, Jamie Vogl and Claire Liu are part of a team developing a wire-free blood pressure monitor. (Courtesy: C Liu) Imagine a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with no beeping monitors and ...

Over-the-counter blood pressure measuring devices offer a simple, affordable way for people to track hypertension at home, but the standard arm-size ranges for these devices won't appropriately fit ...

How do blood pressure monitors work? Oscillatory blood pressure monitoring devices became popular over the last few years in hospitals as ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitor as well as in private ...

A new American Heart Association scientific statement details next steps to verify the use of cuffless blood pressure devices, including wearable and smartphone-based monitors, via real-world testing, ...