Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Using a regular-sized BP cuff for all adults regardless of mid-arm circumference can result in “striking” ...

This article originally was published on Medical Daily. What does the size of your arm say about you, other than how much you can bench? Maybe whether you will survive heart disease. A study in the ...

To ensure BP readings are accurate, there’s a need for both a wider range of cuff sizes that match patients’ mid-arm circumference and more-consistent ways of measuring that circumference ahead of ...

Declines in mid-arm circumference (MAC) are significantly associated with increased all-cause mortality and cardiac outcomes among hemodialysis (HD) patients, a study found. The associations were ...

The World Health Organization's current weight-based guidelines for assessing malnutrition in children with diarrhea are not as reliable as measuring the child's upper arm circumference, new research ...