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Many people don’t measure their blood pressure properly at home – here’s how to get accurate readings

  • Written by Niamh Chapman, Senior Research Fellow, Hypertension and Patient Engagement, University of Sydney
Many people don’t measure their blood pressure properly at home – here’s how to get accurate readingsPhoMiljan Zivkovic/Shutterstock

Measuring your blood pressure at home means you can take readings over several days to get a better picture of your health, instead of one-off measurements at the doctor’s clinic.

It’s important you follow specific steps to get an accurate reading.

But our study found most Australians do not measure their...

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