Your Blood Pressure Reading May Be Wrong
Are you a victim of white-coat syndrome? Turns out, getting your blood pressure checked every time you go to the doctor could lead to false positives, finds new research in the Annals of Family Medicine.
In the study, 27 percent of healthy people incorrectly tested positive for high blood pressure at least once in 5 years.
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