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Article: The blood-pressure self-check
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- December 9, 2008
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HARVARD HEALTH LETTERS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
12-09-2008
The blood-pressure self-check
HARVARD HEALTH LETTERS
Date: 12-09-2008, Tuesday
Section: BETTER LIVING
Edtion: All Editions
Your blood pressure changes from hour to hour, sometimes even minute to minute. Standing up from a chair, watching an exciting show on television, eating a meal, listening to soothing music, being stressed even the time of day influence your blood pressure. It jumps around so much that you are more likely to get a "normal" reading if you check it at home rather than in the doctor's office.
That idea underlies a recommendation from the American Heart Association, American Society of Hypertension, and Preventive ...