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Insights on blood pressure and heart health

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Is high blood pressure at night dangerous?
Oct 15, 20268 min read
Is high blood pressure at night dangerous?

Blood pressure usually decreases during sleep, and a modest nighttime dip is expected and healthy. What deserves attention is a dip that never happens, or a nighttime number that stays high while t...

The best time of day to measure your blood pressure
Oct 14, 20268 min read
The best time of day to measure your blood pressure

Blood pressure moves through the day, so when you check changes what a reading can tell you and your doctor. Learn the best time to measure, how to prepare for each reading, and why the morning num...

Why morning high blood pressure is a health risk
Oct 14, 20269 min read
Why morning high blood pressure is a health risk

Blood pressure naturally dips during sleep and surges after waking, but an exaggerated morning rise is linked to cardiovascular risk. Here is what is normal about the morning rise, when it becomes ...

What does high blood pressure in the morning mean?
Oct 14, 202610 min read
What does high blood pressure in the morning mean?

Blood pressure naturally rises in the early-morning hours as part of the body's daily rhythm, so a higher morning reading is often normal. Here is what is ordinary, what doctors mean by a morning s...

Why does blood pressure fluctuate?
Oct 14, 20268 min read
Why does blood pressure fluctuate?

Blood pressure naturally rises and falls over each day and night, so two checks can show two different numbers, and usually both are real. This article walks through the daily rhythm, the nighttime...

Blood pressure reading myths vs. facts
Oct 13, 20269 min read
Blood pressure reading myths vs. facts

A single number on a cuff display used to be the whole story. Then the guidelines moved the line for high blood pressure lower than the number most people memorized. Here is what current guidance a...

How to measure your blood pressure correctly
Oct 13, 20268 min read
How to measure your blood pressure correctly

Measuring your blood pressure correctly means the number on the screen should reflect your resting body, not the rush that got you there. Small, fixable steps in preparation and positioning have a ...

What lowers diastolic blood pressure: the habits and conditions that move it
Oct 12, 20269 min read
What lowers diastolic blood pressure: the habits and conditions that move it

You just got a blood pressure reading back with a normal top number, but the bottom one is elevated. This guide covers what lowers diastolic blood pressure day to day, why the number behaves differ...

How your blood pressure changes throughout the day (and why that’s normal)
Oct 12, 20268 min read
How your blood pressure changes throughout the day (and why that’s normal)

You check your blood pressure in the morning, then again after lunch, and the numbers don't match. That's not a mistake or a broken cuff. Blood pressure changes throughout the day as part of a norm...

Why One Blood Pressure Reading a Day Isn't Enough
Jul 24, 202610 min read
Why One Blood Pressure Reading a Day Isn't Enough

Blood pressure changes throughout the day. A morning reading may be accurate for that moment while leaving the surrounding hours unobserved. U.S. guidance therefore relies on repeated, standardized...

From Aktiia to Hilo: Our 20 Years of Blood Pressure Science
Jul 24, 202610 min read
From Aktiia to Hilo: Our 20 Years of Blood Pressure Science

As we introduce Hilo to U.S. consumers, we bring blood pressure research dating to 2004, more than 35 patents across our team, clinical studies across several device generations, and regulated-devi...

What Counts as Healthy Blood Pressure?
Jul 24, 202611 min read
What Counts as Healthy Blood Pressure?

For most adults, healthy blood pressure means an average systolic pressure below 120 mm Hg and an average diastolic pressure below 80 mm Hg. The measurement must be taken correctly, and one reading...

Blood Pressure Regulation: Why It Matters and How You Can Influence It
Jul 24, 20269 min read
Blood Pressure Regulation: Why It Matters and How You Can Influence It

This article explains how blood pressure regulation actually works, which lifestyle factors shift it most and why tools like Hilo Core exist: to give you the pattern visibility that a single clinic...

Blood Pressure Time in Target Range: What It Shows Beyond a Single Reading
Jul 20, 202610 min read
Blood Pressure Time in Target Range: What It Shows Beyond a Single Reading

Blood pressure time in target range (TTR) estimates the share of a measurement period during which blood pressure stayed within a defined range. TTR can add information beyond a single reading or a...

Is Hilo Core Right for You? Who It's For and What It Is
Jul 20, 20267 min read
Is Hilo Core Right for You? Who It's For and What It Is

Hilo Core may be a good fit when blood pressure is the health signal you most want to follow and isolated readings leave too much of the story between checks. This guide explains what the included ...

Hilo Reviews: What WIRED, The Independent, and BBC StoryWorks Say
Jul 20, 202612 min read
Hilo Reviews: What WIRED, The Independent, and BBC StoryWorks Say

Hilo Core brings a focused cuff, band, and app system to the U.S. WIRED rated an earlier medical Hilo system 8/10. The Independent wore that system for two months and praised its comfort, pared-bac...