MSN: What your blood pressure reading says about your health – and what’s normal by age What your blood pressure reading says about your health – and what’s normal by age MSN: Why Blood Pressure Reading Of 130/80 Is the New Wake-Up Call For decades, we were told that a blood pressure reading below 120/80 mm Hg was the gold standard for normal. Readings above this were often tolerated unless they crossed 140/90 mm Hg. However, the ...

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Blood pressure readings differ considerably according to where and how they are taken, especially when a patient already has hypertension, according to a recent systematic review and network ... Q. You have repeatedly criticized health care workers for making mistakes when measuring blood pressure. No one has answered my question of why a “proper” blood pressure reading requires me to assume ...

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The Spokesman-Review: People’s Pharmacy: Why your blood pressure reading ignores real life Blood pressure is one of several core indicators of health that provides key data on the state of your wellbeing. It can detect health issues, predict major risks and also monitor treatments and ...