People who often nap have a greater chance of developing high blood pressure and having a stroke, a large new study has found. 9News
The AHA recently added sleep duration as one of its eight essential metrics to optimal heart and brain health.
"From a clinical standpoint, I think it highlights the importance for health care providers to routinely ask patients about napping and excessive daytime sleepiness and evaluate for other contributing conditions to potentially modify the risk for cardiovascular disease."Longer naps are worse However, the study only collected nap frequency, not duration, and relied on self-reports of napping, a limitation due to imperfect recall.
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