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Cheerful

Joined: 14-Aug-2007
Posts: 123
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 03:44 am
Post topic: Too Much & Too Little Sleep Doubles Risk of Death due to Heart Disease		  
A new UK study suggests that both too much and too little sleep can more than double the risk of death from heart disease. The results of the studies showed that participants who cut their sleeping time from 7 hours (the optimum amount recommended for an adult) to 5 hours or less had a 1.7 increase in mortality risk from all causes, and double the risk of death from cardiovascular causes. Those participants who increased sleep duration from 7 to 8 hours a night were more than twice as likely to die, mostly from cardiovascular diseases, as those who did not change their sleep pattern. "Our findings indicate that consistently sleeping around 7 hours per night is optimal for health and a sustained reduction may predispose to ill-health," said Professor Francesco Cappuccio from the University of Warwick's Warwick Medical School.
Tags: sleep , HEART-DISEASE
 
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RavenCares

Joined: 25-Jul-2007
Posts: 197
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 06:00 am
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I knew about the correlation between too little sleep and higher cardiovascular risks, but I was not aware that too much sleep can be harmful too! Thanks for sharing this information, Cheerful.
 
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Sissy

Joined: 18-Jul-2007
Posts: 256
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 09:52 pm
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Holy Smokes, we just can not get it right - To sleep or not to sleep! LOL thanks for sharing Sissy
 
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RavenCares

Joined: 25-Jul-2007
Posts: 197
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 01:52 am
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LOL, Sissy, I agree! And just where do naps come into play with sleeping too much? It's so confusing when one study says one thing, and another study says something different!
 
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Cheerful

Joined: 14-Aug-2007
Posts: 123
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 06:17 am
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Welcome to the world of research. If you find a stat that says one thing, you will always find something to contradict it! LOL... I still like naps;)
 
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Malena

Joined: 06-Oct-2007
Posts: 22
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 09:18 pm
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That is what is so difficult - what we are doing today may be hurting us tomorrow. Oh well guess we have to expire at some point. Malena
 
 
 

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