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Extra Sleep on Weekends Linked to a 20% Lower Heart Disease Risk


People who manage to catch up on lost sleep over the weekend might be doing their hearts a big favor, reducing their risk of heart disease by as much as one-fifth. This finding comes from a study presented at ESC Congress 2024, which analyzed sleep data from over 90,000 UK Biobank participants. T

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