An Extra Hour of Sleep CAN Save Your Life!
source: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/29/clock-heart.html
Everyone likes to spend a little more time in the mornings sleeping. It refreshes us, re-energizes us, and all over makes us feel better for the rest of the day. But did you know that sleep was related to cardiovascular health?
Swedish researchers have found that turning the clocks back an hour, and giving yourself an extra hour lie in, leads to a decrease in the number of heart attacks, the Monday after. Interestingly enough, it is the opposite when clocks move forward in the Spring.
"Turning your clock back on Sunday may be good for your heart, say Swedish researchers looked at 20 years of records and discovered that the number of heart attacks dipped on the Monday after clocks were set back an hour, possibly because people got an extra hour of sleep.
But moving clocks forward in the spring appeared to have the opposite effect. There were more heart attacks during the week after the start of daylight saving time, particularly on the first three days of the week.
"Sleep — through a variety of mechanisms — affects our cardiovascular health," said Dr. Lori Mosca, director of preventive cardiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, who was not involved in the research. The findings show that "sleep not only impacts how we feel, but it may also affect whether we develop heart disease or not.""
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Swedish researchers have found that turning the clocks back an hour, and giving yourself an extra hour lie in, leads to a decrease in the number of heart attacks, the Monday after. Interestingly enough, it is the opposite when clocks move forward in the Spring.
"Turning your clock back on Sunday may be good for your heart, say Swedish researchers looked at 20 years of records and discovered that the number of heart attacks dipped on the Monday after clocks were set back an hour, possibly because people got an extra hour of sleep.
But moving clocks forward in the spring appeared to have the opposite effect. There were more heart attacks during the week after the start of daylight saving time, particularly on the first three days of the week.
"Sleep — through a variety of mechanisms — affects our cardiovascular health," said Dr. Lori Mosca, director of preventive cardiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, who was not involved in the research. The findings show that "sleep not only impacts how we feel, but it may also affect whether we develop heart disease or not.""
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