It is generally agreed that the standard 13-cm. arm cuff is accurate within 10 mm. of mercury and that the leg cuff is considerably less accurate. 27 We believe this to be true even with a 20-cm ...

Blood pressure shows the force of blood pushing against your artery walls. High blood pressure (hypertension) can increase ...

Guidelines clearly state your arm should be supported, say, by a desk, and the cuff at about heart level. But Brady says in practice, that's not necessarily what you see. BRADY: They may have ...

Tiffany Fonohema, an active Utah resident, became a quadruple amputee after a severe pneumonia in 2017. Despite losing her arms and legs, she received prosthetics and worked hard to regain her ...