Scientists from Spain, writing in the September 20 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, said they randomly divided patients with mild hypertension into three groups: those who took aspirin in the morning, those who took it before bed, and those who didn't take aspirin at all.

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After three months, blood pressure rose slightly among those who took aspirin in the morning, but fell in the group that took it at night. The group that didn't take aspirin at all saw only a very slight decline in blood pressure that wasn't statistically significant, the researchers at the University of Vigo said.

The authors and other experts said the results would have to be confirmed in future studies.

"Given the widespread use of aspirin, the prevalence of hypertension, and the ease in altering the time of aspirin administration, these results should be widely disseminated," Dr Joseph Messer, from Rush University Medical Centre in Chicago, said in a prepared statement from the American College of Cardiology. Messer wasn't directly connected to the research, the statement said. – (HealthDayNews)

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September 2005
 

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