Got High Blood Pressure? It Might Take 24 Hours To Know For Sure

Britain's health-quality institute says the good old blood pressure cuff is no longer good enough to accurately diagnose hypertension. The British now recommend that people with a high reading should also have an ambulatory test, wearing a blood-pressure Read More...

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Posted Aug 24 2011, 11:09 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog