It’s called chronobi
ology, and it looks at the ways our body changes over the course of the day and night. The Wall Street Journal reports on the rising popularity of the science, and on recent chronobiological findings such as these: blood pressure peaks around 9 p.m.; most heart attacks occur between 6 a.m. and noon, when changes in platelets make blood clots more likely; asthma attacks are worse in the evening. It’s interesting, and a bit concerning, because regardless of what we do, several of our biological systems, including blood pressure, heart rate, blood clotting and adrenaline, rise and fall in circadian rhythms of their own. Why to we care? Because, the Journal warns, if those behavioral patterns and circadian rhythms get out of sync, our health can suffer. And because “understanding biorhythms is helping doctors direct treatments, including the best times to take various medications.” Read more in the Wall Street Journal.
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