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Anchor lead: Nighttime use of blood pressure medicines reduces cardiovascular risk, Elizabeth Tracey reports People with high blood pressure who took their medicines before bed rather than in the morning experienced 40 to 50% fewer strokes and heart attacks than …
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Anchor lead: Should you take your blood pressure medicine at night? Elizabeth Tracey reports What is chronotherapy? That’s the strategy of taking medicines at different points in the day to maximize their benefit, with a recent trial demonstrating the impact …
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Anchor lead: Improved understanding of heart pathology may help young people avoid sudden cardiac death, Elizabeth Tracey reports We’ve all heard the stories: a young athlete collapses on the playing field and dies. Pathology reveals a heart problem called arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, …
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Anchor lead: Paying attention to dropping blood pressure in later life is needed, Elizabeth Tracey reports People with high blood pressure or hypertension have about a 50% increased risk for dementia as they age, a Johns Hopkins study by Keenan …
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Anchor lead: Should federal regulations be created to reduce sodium in foods? Elizabeth Tracey reports Obesity and dietary sodium are a bad combination, rendering people much more salt sensitive and at risk for high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, …
