Deriving its name from coats worn by doctors, white coat syndrome describes a condition where a person's blood pressure rises ...

White coat syndrome is an informal term for the phenomenon of some people experiencing higher blood pressure in a medical setting. While this usually isn’t a cause for concern, your doctor will ...

White coat syndrome is a condition that can cause your blood pressure to go up at the doctor’s office. Discover why this happens and what you can do.

A blood pressure reading of 120/80 or lower is considered normal. Prehypertension is blood pressure between 120 and 139 for the top number, or between 80 and 89 for the bottom number.

People with untreated white coat hypertension were twice as likely to die from heart disease as people with normal blood pressure, a study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine found ...

Maintaining a normal blood pressure -- 120/80 -- helps prevent many illnesses, from heart disease and stroke to kidney problems, dementia and vision loss, so many patients with high blood pressure ...

Researchers have shown, for the first time, that speckle contrast optical spectroscopy (SCOS) can be used for cuffless blood ...

Interpreting the Arterial Pressure Waveform in the Intra-aortic Balloon-Pumped Patient Susan J. Quaal, PhD, APRN, CVS, CCRN, University of Utah Health Sciences Center and Department of Cardiology ...

Researchers have converted white fat to brown fat, known for its ability to relax blood vessels, in mice to reduce high blood pressure. They say their findings pave the way for targeted treatments ...

The new device uses sound waves to gather blood pressure data from blood vessels, monitoring the response with ultrasound. The new technique, called resonance sonomanometry, holds the promise to ...