Your Heart Needs to Sleep It Off

You know that poor sleep makes you cranky and adversely affects your energy level and concentration, but it may also increase your risk of heart
disease.

A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that more sleep leads to reduced coronary artery calcification (a predictor of future heart disease), with every extra hour of sleep lowering the odds of calcification by about 33 percent. If you are chronically suffering with sleep troubles, talk to your doctor.

From March 2009 Newsletter

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