Proper Sleep May Help Clear Arteries
Getting an extra hour's slumber was equal to a nearly 17-point drop in blood pressure, study found. A good night's sleep may be just what your arteries need.
So finds a new five-year study in which middle-aged people who had an extra hour of sleep each night were less likely to have artery-stiffening calcium deposits.
But the study results shouldn't send people off to bed prematurely or have them popping sleeping pills, cautioned Diane Lauderdale, associate professor of health studies at the University of Chicago Medical Center, who led the study.
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