Too Little Sleep Can Increase Stroke Risk

July 21st, 2008 | by admin |

Stroke risk can be associated with too much or not enough sleep according to the results of a new study
Stroke risk can be associated with too much or not enough sleep according to the results of a new study.

The study, featuring more than 93,000 postmenopausal women was performed by researchers at the University of Carolina School of Public Health.

It found that women receiving as much as 9 hours a night of sleep had a considerable increased risk of having a stroke, compared to women who received the recommended 7 hours of sleep a night.

On the flip side, women who only received 6 hours a night of sleep were also at a slight increased risk of having a stroke.

The results of this study coincide with other study findings showing that not enough sleep can be bad for a person’s heart.

The study has been published in the July 18 issue of the journal Stroke.

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  1. One Response to “Too Little Sleep Can Increase Stroke Risk”

  2. By Kelly on Jul 21, 2008 | Reply

    Thanks for the information on strokes. I didn’t know that stroke and sleep could be related!

    We recently wrote an article on strokes at Brain Blogger. As you may know cerebrovascular accident (CVA or stroke) is one of the leading causes of death and disability, with about 700,000 people sustaining strokes each year across the US. And though recovery is hard for those who survive, new hope has come up in many forms — one of them being a sort of virtual reality.

    We would like to read your comments on our article. Thank you.

    Sincerely,
    Kelly

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