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SLEEP CAUSES HEART ATTACK, STROKE, LOWER BONE FORMATION
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cientists
have associated sleeplessness (insomnia) with increased risk of heart attack,
stroke and lower bone formation. They also found that dozing for less than 30
minutes in afternoon and eating peanuts improve sense of well-being and prevent
heart attack and stroke.
The
first study published was March 31, 2017, in the European Journal of Preventive
Cardiology.
First
author and a Master’s degree student at China Medical University, Shenyang,
China, Qiao He, said: “Sleep is important for biological recovery and takes
around a third of our lifetime, but in modern society more and more people
complain of insomnia. For example, it is reported that approximately one-third
of the general population in Germany has suffered from insomnia symptoms.
“Researchers
have found associations between insomnia and poor health outcomes. But the
links between insomnia and heart disease or stroke have been inconsistent.”
The
current meta-analysis assessed the association between insomnia symptoms and
incidence or death from cardiovascular disease (acute myocardial infarction,
coronary heart disease, heart failure), stroke, or a combination of events.
Insomnia symptoms included difficulty initiating sleep, difficulty maintaining
sleep, early-morning awakening, and non-restorative sleep.
Also, results of a new study presented
Saturday at the Endocrine Society’s 99th annual meeting in Orlando, Florida,
United States, showed that insufficient sleep, a common problem that has been linked to chronic disease
risk, might also be an unrecognized risk factor for bone loss. READ MORE
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