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Sleeping longer over the weekend could help prevent heart attacks, says study
Fox News ^ | December 20, 2023 11:05am EST | Melissa Rudy

Posted on 12/21/2023 12:16:17 AM PST by Olog-hai

Didn’t get enough sleep during the week? Take heart — catching up on shuteye over the weekend could provide the bonus of improved cardiovascular health, according to a new study published in the journal Sleep Health.

Researchers from Nanjing Medical University in China analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which compiled information from 3,400 U.S. adults ages 20 years and older between 2017 and 2018.

The survey gathered information on how long the participants slept on weekdays and weekends, as well as whether they had heart disease, high blood pressure and/or diabetes.

The people who slept for at least one hour longer on weekends than weekdays were shown to have lower rates of cardiovascular disease — in particular, stroke, coronary heart disease and angina (chest pain due to reduced blood flow) compared to those who didn’t get catch-up sleep.

The reduced risk was most significant among those who got less than six hours of sleep on weekdays and slept for at least two extra hours on weekends. …

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: sleep
Why are Red Chinese universities studying Americans’ sleep patterns now . . . ?
1 posted on 12/21/2023 12:16:17 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
"Why are Red Chinese universities studying Americans’ sleep patterns now . . . ?"

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中国人“睡得好圆眼”
Zhōngguó rén “shuì dé hǎo yuán yǎn

Sleep well, Round eye!

2 posted on 12/21/2023 12:29:04 AM PST by GaltAdonis
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Sleep doctor is always say you should wake up at the same time every day, or it’s bad.


3 posted on 12/21/2023 1:17:16 AM PST by nickcarraway
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Considering that they encourage their own people to work from 9 am to 9 pm 6 days a week


4 posted on 12/21/2023 1:23:20 AM PST by jmcenanly (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ― Winston)
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To: Olog-hai

US Government research grant money.


5 posted on 12/21/2023 4:27:15 AM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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Don’t care! As long as it serves my purpose...

Sent link to Wifey for her perusal!


6 posted on 12/21/2023 4:49:17 AM PST by rlmorel ("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
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Because lazy Americans somehow the most productive people on the planet.

It’s a quandary to Asians.

Seriously.

What they don’t get is self motivation is the most powerful motivation , but it comes in waves.


7 posted on 12/21/2023 4:53:26 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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They want you to sleep through more of your free time so you don’t get ideas....


8 posted on 12/21/2023 5:40:23 AM PST by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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