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When Should Your Patients Be Taking Their BP Meds?

A new study linked bedtime dosing of antihypertensive drugs to improved nighttime and 24-hour systolic blood pressure levels in type 2 diabetes patients with nocturnal hypertension. Data also showed bedtime dosing did not significantly affect daytime readings, morning surge or arterial stiffness in patients. The results suggest that bedtime dosing …

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Brain Circuitry May Trigger Overeating

Scientists have discovered that the BNST gaba neurons are an outcropping of the amygdala, the part of the brain associated with emotion. The BNST also forms a bridge between the amygdala and the lateral hypothalamus, the brain region that drives primal functions such as eating, sexual behavior and aggression. The …

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