It's not as simple as 'the more rest, the better.'
Study Links Sleeping Too Little To Reduced Heart Health When it comes to sleep, you might think 'the more rest, the better,' right? According to a study by the American College of Cardiology, it's not that simple. Studying the connection between sleep & heart health For this retrospective study, researchers looked at data collected in the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which tracked responses from over 14,000 people for a median of 7.5 years.
, notes in a news release, 'Participants who slept less than six hours or more than seven hours had a higher chance of death due to cardiac causes.'The ASCVD risk score wasn't greater if participants got more than seven hours, but the levels of CRP were. More research will be necessary to further confirm the findings.
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