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Reducing sleep by 1.5 hours dramatically increases the risk of cardiovascular disease

Reducing sleep by 1.5 hours dramatically increases the risk of cardiovascular disease

Even a slight chronic sleep deprivation increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease later in life. Researchers have found that after just six weeks of shortened sleep, the cells lining blood vessels become inflamed and dysfunctional, which is considered an early stage in the development of heart disease. Previous studies have not examined chronic sleep […]