RESOLUTION

Is your health care a professional throwing of dice?

Did you know that blood pressure is not constant but changes by more than 50 mmHg each day in most people?

Did you know that many factors can affect your blood pressure? Not only physical activitie but anxiety, other emotions, smoking, alcohol consumption, among others.

Did you know that exposure to any of these stimuli affects blood pressure differently depending on when they occur during the day?

Did you know that blood pressure disorders, if they are not treated, can lead to various complications, including heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease and retinopathy?

Did you know that treatment of blood pressure disorders can be optimized by administering the medication at the right time?

These questions have been discussed on March 17-18, 1995 at a meeting of the International Society for Research on Civilization Diseases and the Environment. The participants reached a consensus based on information presented here:

Illustration of problems to be addressed

Consensus (References | Figures)

Some chronobiologic answers

Participants and contributors

Medtronic Chronobiology Seminar #8 . Presented by FRANZ HALBERG and GERMAINE CORNÉLISSEN, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, and the INTERNATIONAL WOMB-TO-TOMB CHRONOME INITIATIVE