Month: April 2023

Poor sleep may increase the risk of heart disease and premature death by two to seven years, according to a recent study. The researchers analyzed data from more than 300,000 middle-aged adults (mean age, 56) participating in the UK Biobank and found that different sleep disturbances were associated with different durations of compromised heart health in later life. During a mean follow-up of 11.8 years, men with clinical sleep-related breathing disorders lost nearly…

Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) College of Medicine have created a digital map of the sympathetic nervous system and its connection to the heart. The sympathetic nervous system plays a key role in regulating heart functions through an intricate network of nerves. It can help the body respond to dangerous or stressful situations by speeding up the body’s heart rate to deliver more…

Sleeping less than five hours a night is associated with a 74% raised risk of developing peripheral artery disease (PAD) compared with seven to eight hours, according to a recent study published in the European Heart Journal. “Insufficient night-time sleep and daytime napping have previously been associated with a raised risk of coronary artery disease which, like PAD, is…

Poor quality sleep may bolster a person’s genetic susceptibility to asthma, potentially doubling their risk of being diagnosed with the condition, suggests an analysis of UK Biobank data. By contrast, a healthy sleep pattern seems to be linked to a lower risk of asthma, prompting the study authors to suggest that spotting and treating sleep…

People who reported getting regular, uninterrupted sleep did a better job sticking to their exercise and diet plans while trying to lose weight, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association (AHA)’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2023 in Boston. “Focusing on obtaining good sleep — seven to nine hours…

People who have sleep problems may be more likely to have a stroke, according to a study published online today in Neurology®. Sleep problems included getting too much or too little sleep, taking long naps, having poor quality sleep, snoring, snorting and sleep apnea. In addition, those who had five or more of these symptoms…

Both cluster headache and migraine have strong links to the circadian system, the internal clock that regulates body processes, including sleep, according to a new meta-analysis. For cluster headache, the meta-analysis found a circadian pattern of headache attacks in 71% of people. Attacks peaked in the late hours of the night to early hours of…