A good tip here for anyone taking blood pressure medication. May as well do everything we can to help those medications help us even more. So start taking your pills before bed and you may benefit.
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Article source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317170,00.html
"Taking a blood pressure pill at bedtime instead of in the morning might be healthier for some high-risk people.
New research suggests that simple switch may normalize patterns of blood pressure in patients at extra risk from the twin epidemics of heart and kidney disease.
Why? When it comes to blood pressure, you want to be a dipper. In healthy people, blood pressure dips at night, by 10 to 20 percent. Scientists don't know why, but suspect the drop gives arteries a little rest.
People with high blood pressure that doesn't dip at night ; the non-dippers ; fare worse than other hypertension sufferers, developing more serious heart disease. Moreover, heart and kidney disease fuel each other ; and the 26 million Americans with chronic kidney disease seem most prone to non-dipping."
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Linking Players In Blood Pressure Control To Metabolic Syndrome
Here's an interesting article I found, albeit a bit complicated! But I thought it was interesting research and looks like the drugs used to control blood pressure will also assist in reducing the risk of other diseases. Good news.
Article Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/90780.php
A new study elucidates the connection between an enzyme involved in blood pressure control and symptoms of the metabolic syndrome. The researchers report in the December issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press, that mice lacking the enzyme known as renin are lean and resistant to gaining weight on a high-fat diet, even though they continue to eat just as much and don't exercise more.
The findings suggest that renin-blocking drugs designed for treating high blood pressure might also improve obesity and insulin resistance, according to the researchers. Renin plays an important rate-limiting role in the production of a hormone called angiotensin II (Ang II) that increases blood pressure by constricting blood vessels.
"An overactive renin-angiotensin system has also been associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome," said Nobuyuki Takahashi of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Article Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/90780.php
A new study elucidates the connection between an enzyme involved in blood pressure control and symptoms of the metabolic syndrome. The researchers report in the December issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press, that mice lacking the enzyme known as renin are lean and resistant to gaining weight on a high-fat diet, even though they continue to eat just as much and don't exercise more.
The findings suggest that renin-blocking drugs designed for treating high blood pressure might also improve obesity and insulin resistance, according to the researchers. Renin plays an important rate-limiting role in the production of a hormone called angiotensin II (Ang II) that increases blood pressure by constricting blood vessels.
"An overactive renin-angiotensin system has also been associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome," said Nobuyuki Takahashi of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Study: high blood pressure boosts Alzheimer's risk
Now here's another good reason to keep taking that blood pressure medication! Interesting article!
Source: http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/90880/6312161.html
Alzheimer's patients with high blood pressure, which reduces blood flow to the brain, are more vulnerable to the effects of the disease, researchers reported Wednesday.
Researchers using a magnetic resonance imaging technique to measure blood flow in the brains of 68 older adults found cerebral blood flow was substantially decreased in all patients with high blood pressure and was the lowest in Alzheimer's patients with high blood pressure.
"What we think may be happening is hypertension reflects an extra hit to the brain," said Cyrus Raji of the University of Pittsburgh, who led the study.
The study compared Alzheimer patients to adults with normal cognitive function and a group with mild cognitive impairment, defined as a transitional stage between dementia and normal, age-related deficits in language, attention and reasoning.
Source: http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/90880/6312161.html
Alzheimer's patients with high blood pressure, which reduces blood flow to the brain, are more vulnerable to the effects of the disease, researchers reported Wednesday.
Researchers using a magnetic resonance imaging technique to measure blood flow in the brains of 68 older adults found cerebral blood flow was substantially decreased in all patients with high blood pressure and was the lowest in Alzheimer's patients with high blood pressure.
"What we think may be happening is hypertension reflects an extra hit to the brain," said Cyrus Raji of the University of Pittsburgh, who led the study.
The study compared Alzheimer patients to adults with normal cognitive function and a group with mild cognitive impairment, defined as a transitional stage between dementia and normal, age-related deficits in language, attention and reasoning.
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