Blood Pressure and Heart
High blood pressure shows up earlier and more often in Black women than in any other group in the United States, and it is the one major risk factor you can measure at home for the price of a cuff. These guides cover what the category numbers mean, how to take a reading that a clinic would accept, which symptoms are worth an urgent call, and what the research does and does not support about diet, salt and stress.
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How Accurate Are Pulse Oximeters on Dark Skin?
Pulse oximetry missed dangerously low blood oxygen in 11.7 percent of Black patients against 3.6 percent of White patients. What it misses, and why.
