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Best Home Blood Pressure Monitors of 2024
CR tests blood pressure monitors on real people, and we compare the results with those of a mercury sphygmomanometer, the device considered the gold standard in BP testing. Accuracy makes up the bulk of the score for each monitor, but we also evaluate ease of use and comfort. After all, “you aren’t going to want to use the product if…
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The Truth About Blood Tests for Cancer
Some emerging tests are referred to as multicancer early detection tests, though others target one specific type of cancer. Typically, they test for material that’s shed by cancer cells, says Scott Ramsey, MD, PhD, a physician and co-director of the Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center. One of the best-known is the Galleri test…
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Blood Pressure Monitors Don’t Fit Millions of People
For the new study, the researchers selected 16 popular blood pressure devices from Amazon.com in January 2024, choosing devices that ranked highly in search, number of purchases, and number of ratings over the previous month. They ruled out six devices that were either unavailable or came with a wrist cuff instead of an arm cuff. Out of the remaining 10,…
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