Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Let Sleeping Hypertensives Lie

From Doc Gurley's blog, aptly entitled "Posts from an Insane Healthcare System"...

A well-designed recent study showed just how important sleep is to your blood pressure. Other studies in the past have revealed an association between time-spent-sleeping, and high blood pressure, but none of those studies actually measured a person’s sleep (they were, instead, based on self-report) and almost none looked at blood pressure over time

This recent study did both – and found some eye-opening (so to speak) results:


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