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Nocturnal hypertension : Something Important is being cooked in the hypertensive world !
Some physics: Why is blood under pressure?  In perfect vascular climatic conditions, the human circulatory system is comparable to a smooth flowing river irrigating 100 trillion cells, traversing many kilometers of the capillary network, to the far away tissue bed. One major difference in the river analogy is, that in human biology, the entire blood has to return back to the heart in about 30 seconds. (The fact that the venous system does this in style with near-zero pressure head is the greatest wonder in circulatory physiology) The force per unit area, that drives the blood is the blood pressure. It is expressed...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - June 12, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Hypertension systemic hypertension acc aha esc hypertension guidelines dippers non dippers melatonin for nocturnal hypertension night time bp reverse dipper Source Type: blogs

Prophylactic drug management for febrile seizures in children
CONCLUSIONS: We found reduced recurrence rates for intermittent diazepam and continuous phenobarbital, with adverse effects in up to 30% of children. The apparent benefit for clobazam treatment in one trial needs to be replicated. Levetiracetam also shows benefit with a good safety profile; however, further study is required. Given the benign nature of recurrent febrile seizures, and the high prevalence of adverse effects of these drugs, parents and families should be supported with adequate contact details of medical services and information on recurrence, first aid management, and, most importantly, the benign nature of ...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - June 16, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Martin Offringa Richard Newton Sarah J Nevitt Katerina Vraka Source Type: research

Trends in the prescription of drugs used for insomnia in Australian general practice, 2011-2018
CONCLUSION: Overall, BZD prescriptions in Australia declined from 2011-2018. However, the prescription of some of these drugs increased for patients with a recently recorded insomnia diagnosis. This is concerning because of potential adverse effects and risk of dependence.PMID:33950853 | DOI:10.3399/BJGP.2021.0054
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - May 5, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Mumtaz Begum David Gonzalez-Chica Carla Bernardo Amelia Woods Nigel Stocks Source Type: research

Fight Aging! Newsletter, December 14th 2020
In conclusion, aging alters the cerebral vasculature to impair mitochondrial function and mitophagy and increase IL-6 levels. These alterations may impair BBB integrity and potentially reduce cerebrovascular health with aging. Senescent Cells Fail to Maintain Proteostasis https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2020/12/senescent-cells-fail-to-maintain-proteostasis/ Given the newfound consensus in the research community regarding the importance of senescent cells to degenerative aging, it isn't surprising to see a great deal more fundamental research into the biochemistry of cellular senescence now taking pla...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 13, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

How to manage travel fatigue and jet lag in athletes? A systematic review of interventions.
CONCLUSIONS: We found no literature pertaining to the management of travel fatigue. Evidence for the successful management of jet lag in athletes was of low quality. More field-based studies specifically on athlete populations are required with a multifaceted approach, better design and implementation to draw valid conclusions.PROSPERO registration numberThe protocol was registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO: CRD42019126852). PMID: 32303523 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - April 16, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Janse van Rensburg DCC, Jansen van Rensburg A, Fowler P, Fullagar H, Stevens D, Halson S, Bender A, Vincent G, Claassen-Smithers A, Dunican I, Roach GD, Sargent C, Lastella M, Cronje T Tags: Br J Sports Med Source Type: research

Non-canonical Notch Signaling Regulates Actin Remodeling in Cell Migration by Activating PI3K/AKT/Cdc42 Pathway
In conclusion, our research results indicate that DAPT activates PI3K/AKT/Cdc42 signaling by non-canonical Notch pathway, and the activated Cdc42 promotes the filopodia formation and inhibits lamellipodia assembly, resulting in reduced migration of breast cancer cells. The results imply that non-canonical Notch signaling may play a very important role in the rapid response of cells to the extracellular signals. Author Contributions LG, JD, and LL designed the study and wrote and revised the manuscript. LL and LZ performed most of the experiments and data analysis. SZ, X-YZ, P-XM, Y-DM, Y-YW, YC, S-JT, and Y-JZ assisted i...
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - April 15, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research