What is Normal Blood Pressure?

Blood pressure is the force exerted against the walls of arteries as blood is flowing through them. As the heart contracts to delivery more blood into the arteries the force reaches a maximum, known as the systolic blood pressure, which is the top number of the blood pressure reading. When the heart stops contracting to [...]

Blood Pressure Monitors – Why You Should Consider Monitoring At Home

Of all the organs of our body the heart is without doubt the most critical and rightly so as, if it stops pumping blood around the body and delivering vital oxygen to the other organs, including the brain, death will occur very quickly.
Despite its importance however many of us pay little if any attention to [...]