for your health sys monitor thyself dia pulse self-monitoring your blood pressure could save your life start stop by kim mueller costco connection costco members will find a selection of blood pressure monitors in the warehouses and on costco.com medication pre- scriptions can be filled at costco pharmacies early half of american adults suffer from high blood pressure leading risk factor for cardio- centers for disease control and "the tragic thing is that 80% of the deaths are considered preventable," at the cdc the first step toward prevention is monitoring your blood pressure can monitor it at home one of the most accurate ways to measure blood pressure is to do it diy blood pressure monitoring avoids "white-coat syndrome," which causes erroneous high readings for patients who become anxious during health scientist at the cdc the lancet study indicated that people who checked their own pressure at home reduced their risk of stroke by 20% and heart disease by 10% compared to people who depended on health care workers to take it measuring your blood pressure for at least 30 minutes before taking measuring your blood pressure snugly on your bare skin directly above another surface that is at heart level your numbers in a tracking log take your blood pressure about the same time each morning and evening and share your readings with your forget to bring your monitor with you so the doctor can check it for accuracy kim mueller is an independent journalist numbers game the top number is systolic blood pressure measures moment of each heart- pressure between important to determine if you have high blood pressure.-km
