Study: Lack of Sleep Increases Stroke Risk

Monday, 11 June 2012 | by Pat's Picks

About 30 percent of adults get six or less hours of sleep a day. And a new study says that’s bad for your heart. Researchers looked at Americans of normal weight to see whether the sleep deficit adversely affected those who had healthy eating habits and no other indications for stroke. It did. Turns out those of us who get six or less hours of sleep are four times more likely to have a stroke than those who get the recommended seven to nine.

SOURCE: USA Today