Sleeping longer over the weekend could help prevent heart attacks, says study
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Catching up on sleep over the weekend could help improve heart health, according to a new study published in the journal Sleep Health. Experts weighed in on the findings.
The survey gathered information on how long the participants slept on weekdays and weekends, as well as whether they had heart disease, high blood pressure and/or diabetes. "Making up sleep debt does not fully reverse the effects of chronic sleep deprivation." Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
The people who slept for at least one hour longer on weekends than weekdays were shown to have lower rates of cardiovascular disease — in particular, stroke, coronary heart disease and angina (chest pain due to reduced blood flow) compared to those who didn’t get catch-up sleep.