Health
COVID and Medicare payments spark remote patient BP monitoring boom
Billy Abbott, a retired Army medic, wakes at 6 every morning, steps on the bathroom scale, and uses a cuff to take his blood pressure.
Mar 28, 2024
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News tagged with blood pressure monitoring
Cardiology
Improving blood pressure control after pregnancy found to have long-term cardiovascular benefits
Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy had long-term blood pressure and cardiac benefits if their blood pressure was carefully controlled for the first few weeks after having a baby, according to late-breaking science ...
Nov 13, 2023
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Cardiology
Research proposes photonic skin sensing network for cardiovascular health monitoring
Cardiovascular disease is the world's leading cause of death. According to the World Health Organization, 17.9 million people die every year due to cardiovascular diseases. For the prewarning and accurate treatment of cardiovascular ...
Aug 16, 2023
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Health
Home blood pressure monitoring saves lives, cuts costs, and reduces healthcare disparities
Expanding home blood pressure monitoring among US adults with hypertension could substantially reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease and save healthcare costs in the long term, according to a new study in the American ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Cardiology
Super low-cost smartphone attachment brings blood pressure monitoring to your fingertips
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a simple, low-cost clip that uses a smartphone's camera and flash to monitor blood pressure at the user's fingertip. The clip works with a custom smartphone ...
May 29, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Helping patients manage long COVID
A home test to help patients manage long COVID at home has been developed and is available to download.
Aug 23, 2022
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Cardiology
New methods to monitor patient health via a blood pressure cuff
Hemodynamic monitoring is critical when it comes to the treatment of patients at risk of hemodynamic instability. Assessment of the hemodynamic status can be achieved by measuring a number of vital signs using sensors. In ...
Jun 13, 2022
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Cardiology
New guidance updates ambulatory blood pressure classification in children and adolescents
An American Heart Association scientific statement reviewing new evidence and guidance on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring of children and adolescents has been published in the Association's journal Hypertension.
May 23, 2022
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Cardiology
There's no place like home…to track blood pressure
Adults who needed to track their blood pressure regularly to confirm or refute a hypertension diagnosis preferred monitoring blood pressure at home versus at a clinic, kiosk or with a 24-hour wearable device, according to ...
Sep 27, 2021
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Surgery
Patients don't receive recommended follow-up care after weight loss surgery
Patients who have had weight loss surgery may not be receiving follow up care from their GPs as recommended in clinical guidelines—according to new research from the University of East Anglia and the University of Birmingham.
Dec 16, 2020
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