{"id":8679,"date":"2017-11-20T08:35:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T13:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8679"},"modified":"2017-11-20T08:35:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T13:35:53","slug":"odds-are-theyre-taking-your-blood-pressure-all-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8679","title":{"rendered":"Odds Are, They&#8217;re Taking Your Blood Pressure All Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Richard Harris for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>When was the last time you were asked to sit without saying a word for five minutes before your blood pressure was measured? If your answer was &#8220;I never remember doing that,&#8221; you&#8217;re in good company. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/11\/20\/564832694\/odds-are-theyre-taking-your-blood-pressure-all-wrong?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=58604072&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9qObYuhXQS10kUIW109kYmuCwb__fRnbnM1uuUzqVA9njl1DHf1RN4-Uw09mdw_2WT1r96yaNSl95yEhyqlAexEF1NBA&amp;_hsmi=58604072\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Richard Harris for NPR) When was the last time you were asked to sit without saying a word for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8680,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8679\/revisions\/8680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}