Midday Napping Could Help Lower BP in Patients Treated for Hypertension

Posted by & filed under Uncategorized.

safety-lane.com 07105
chiropractic-lane.com
NEWARK 
http://bit.ly/1DCt06V


Midday Napping Could Help Lower BP in Patients Treated for Hypertension


In a cohort of middle-aged patients with well-controlled hypertension, those who took a long midday nap appeared to have better blood-pressure control that their peers, in a new study. Specifically, patients who slept 60 minutes, typically after a midday meal, had an average 24-hour blood-pressure reading that was 4 mm Hg lower, and while they slept at night, they had a 2% greater dip in blood pressure. Moreover, they tended to use fewer blood-pressure medications.


Dr Manolis Kallistratos (Asklepieion Voula General Hospital, Athens, Greece) presented these findings from a Greek cohort of more than 300 men and women, in a poster here at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2015 Congress.

via Blogger http://bit.ly/1hUp895