Doctors really do raise your blood pressure
Mar-27-2014

Patients' blood pressure readings are notably higher when they're taken by a doctor than by a nurse, a new study finds.

This link between doctors and higher blood pressure readings is known as the "white coat effect," and is believed to be the result of patients being more nervous when examined by a physician.

This effect has been noted in a number of previous studies, but this new paper is the first to confirm it, according to the study authors.

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