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Stroke Risk Spikes In Healthy Adults Who Don't Get Enough Sleep

Posted by timothy on from the use-this-fact-in-salary-negotiations dept.

hessian writes "Attention, busy middle-aged folks. You may be healthy and thin, but if you habitually sleep less than six hours a night, you still could be boosting your risk of a stroke. That's the surprising conclusion of a new study being presented Monday at SLEEP 2012, the annual meeting of the nation's sleep experts."

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  1. first stroke! by jefe7777 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    fs

  2. Late night stroke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Perhaps it's time I stopped having that late night stroke and got some sleep instead.