Your Blood Pressure May Be Up Because You're At The Doctor

Doctors make people nervous. Most people don't go unless something is wrong so they are already anxious. Thus, it is no surprise doctors routinely record blood pressure levels that are significantly higher than levels recorded by nurses, according to a a systematic review led by the University of Exeter Medical School. The results show that that recordings taken by doctors are significantly higher (by 7/4mmHg) than when the same patients are tested by nurses. read more

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