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Having your blood pressure checked at the doctor's or hospital is one of the basics of health care. It used to be that the doctor or nurse listened for the pulse through a stethoscope as the cuff was released. Nowadays the process is automated, and a recent trial has drawn attention to a significant and possibly unexpected source or error with this automated method: the size of the cuff, relative to the thinness or thickness of your upper arm..
Having your blood pressure checked at the doctor's or hospital is one of the basics of health care. It used to be that the doctor or nurse listened for the pulse through a stethoscope as the cuff was released. Nowadays the process is automated, and a recent trial has drawn attention to a significant and possibly unexpected source or error with this automated method: the size of the cuff, relative to the thinness or thickness of your upper arm.

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