More older adults should be checking blood pressure at home, study suggests

Only 48 percent of people age 50 to 80 who take blood pressure medications or have a health condition that’s affected by hypertension regularly check their blood pressure at home or other places, a new study finds. A somewhat higher number — but still only 62 percent — say a health care provider encouraged them to perform such checks.


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Source: ScienceDaily