Catching up on sleep at weekends may lower heart disease risk by a fifth – study
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People with most compensatory sleep 19% less likely to develop heart disease than those with the least
People who catch up" on missed sleep at the weekend may have up to a 20% lower risk of heart disease compared with those who do not, according to a study.
The findings, presented at a meeting of the European Society of Cardiology, looked at data from 90,903 adults taking part in the UK Biobank project, a database that holds medical and lifestyle records of 500,000 people in the UK.
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