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Why Blood Pressure Should Be Checked in Both Arms

Gaps between the numbers indicate higher health risks

Robert Roy Britt
3 min readJan 3, 2021

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Differences in blood pressure between a person’s arms can indicate increased health risks. A large new study not only confirms that fact but reveals that the bigger the difference, the greater the odds of a heart attack, stroke or other deadly cardiovascular event. Because doctors and nurses…

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Robert Roy Britt

Editor of Aha! and Wise & Well on Medium + the Writer's Guide at writersguide.substack.com. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower: amazon.com/dp/B0BJBYFQCB