AdvertisementShape-Up And Checkup: LA Barbers To Start Testing Blood PressureJune 22, 2014Shereen Marisol MerajifacebookEmailDwight Woods has his blood pressure checked by nursing student Meghan Welsh at a St. Louis barbershop in 2009. A new study in LA will train barbers to take clients' blood pressure themselves in order to address the problem of hypertension among African-American men. (AP)