Withings BPM Vision Review: At-Home Blood Pressure Monitoring

When you visit your doctor’s office, a blood pressure test is often the first thing you'll face. Blood pressure measures how hard your blood pushes against your artery walls as your heart beats, and it’s one of the most important vital signs. High blood pressure means an increased risk of heart failure, heart attack, or stroke, which are among the leading causes of death in the US, and nearly half of the adults in the country have high blood pressure. Hypertension is one of the easiest, widespread health problems to solve because we have all the tools, and the fixes are relatively easy, if not always simple to scale: Eat less salt. Drink less alcohol. Exercise more. Still, it remains hard to monitor blood pressure at home because you need an arm cuff. You still can’t get a blood pressure reading from a fitness tracker, although Apple has been developing one for the Apple Watch. Samsung has rudimentary support for blood pressure monitoring on its Galaxy Watch, but the feature isn't ava ... Read full article.