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High blood pressure is associated with cardiovascular events like heart attacks and strokes, so keeping it under control is important. Yet many times blood pressures are measured without consideration for arm position, resulting in higher readings than would be seen …

How high might your blood pressure be if your arm isn’t properly positioned? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Turns out when you get your blood pressure measured, arm position is critical. That’s according to a study led by Tammy Brady, a cardiovascular health promotion expert at Johns Hopkins, who showed that suboptimal arm positions increase the top number …

What should your arm position be if you’re having your blood pressure measured? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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One of the most important things you can do to prevent the number one cause of death – cardiovascular disease – is to keep your blood pressure under control, and that starts with measuring it. Tammy Brady, a cardiovascular health …

Accurate blood pressure measurement is harder than it seems, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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In this month’s podcast, Nadine Rosenblum speaks with Sara Zachmann, a 2022 Nurse Scholar Fellow and new author, about her pathway to publication. Through Sara’s story, listeners gain a good overview of the process and plenty of actionable advice. Sara …

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Resilience in Stressful Events (RISE) is a peer responder program that supports health care workers who have emotional distress due to difficult care-related events. Developed in 2010 at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, RISE has been replicated by hospitals and health …

Ep.8 Caring for the Caregiver — Lessons from 13 years of the Resilience in Stressful Events (RISE) Peer Responder Program | Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Well-Being Read more »

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Can you trust a video game to help your child with ADHD, depression or anxiety? A new study by Johns Hopkins psychiatrist Barry Bryant surveyed the field of such games to find out more about them. Bryant: There were some …

Just how are video games to help manage mental health conditions in children developed? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »