To all the bums who sleep too much

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Lack of sleep can more than double the risk of death from heart disease, according to a large British study, among the first to link duration of sleep and mortality.

But too much sleep can also be harmful, according to the study, which was released on Monday.

The team of researchers from the University of Warwick and University College London presented the findings to the British Sleep Society in Cambridge on Monday.

The findings, which will be published in the journal SLEEP, are based on a 17-year analysis of how sleep patterns affected the mortality of 10,308 civil servants.

The study examined the sleep patterns of participants aged 35-55 at two points in their lives -- 1985-88 and 1992-93 -- and then tracked their mortality rates until 2004.

The researchers also took into account other possible factors such age, sex, marital status, employment grade, smoking status, physical activity, alcohol consumption, self-rated health, body mass index, blood pressure, cholesterol, and other possible physical ailments.

Once the team adjusted for these factors, they were able to isolate the effect that changes in sleeping patterns over the span of five years had on mortality rates some 11 to 17 years later.

Those who cut their sleeping time from seven hours -- which is considered the optimal amount of time for an adult, to five hours or fewer faced a 1.7-fold increased risk of death from all causes.

They also faced more than double the risk of death from a cardiovascular problem.

"Fewer hours sleep and greater levels of sleep disturbance have become widespread in industrialised societies," Franceso Cappuccio, professor of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Warwick's medical school, said in a written statement.

"This change, largely the result of sleep curtailment to create more time for leisure and shift-work, has meant that reports of fatigue, tiredness and excessive daytime sleepiness are more common than a few decades ago. Sleep represents the daily process of physiological restitution and recovery, and lack of sleep has far-reaching effects," Cappuccio said in the statement posted on the university's website.

But curiously, the researchers also found that too much sleep also increased mortality.

Those who showed an increase in sleep to eight hours or more a night were more than twice as likely to die than those who did not change their slumbering habits.

However, the increased mortality was predominantly from non-cardiovascular diseases.

It was possible, Cappuccio said, that longer sleeping was related to depression, low socioeconomic status and cancer-related fatigue.

"Short sleep has been shown to be a risk factor for weight gain, hypertension and Type 2 diabetes sometimes leading to mortality but in contrast to the short sleep-mortality association it appears that no potential mechanisms by which long sleep could be associated with increased mortality have yet been investigated," Cappuccio said.

"In terms of prevention, our findings indicate that consistently sleeping around seven hours per night is optimal for health."
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http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNe...leep_mortality_070924/20070924?hub=TopStories

Theres always a double take on health issues. -shock

#1 wind2000, Sep 24, 2007
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Yeah and getting up early is also bad for you as a Japanese study shows (and which I already knew for years haha)

Debunking an old myth about benefits of "early to bed and early to rise," a new Japanese study has found that getting out of bed before 5 a.m. might actually be bad for the health of your heart.

The study, conducted by researchers from several universities and hospitals in the western Japanese city of Kyoto, examined 3,017 healthy adults between the ages of 23 and 90.

It found that individuals who usually rose before 5 a.m. had a 1.7 times greater risk of high blood pressure that the late risers. Also the early birds were twice as likely to develop hardening of the arteries compared to those who got up two to three hours later.

Bloomberg quotes Mayuko Kadono, a physician at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, who led the study as saying, "The results are contrary to the commonly held belief that early birds are in better health."

"We need to find what the causes of this are, and whether exercising after waking early is beneficial,'' he added.

Establishing a possible link between wake-up times and a person's cardiovascular condition, the study also found that early risers had a greater risk of heart conditions including hypertension and strokes.

"Rising early to go to work or exercise might not be beneficial to health, but rather a risk for vascular diseases," the study abstract said.

The study is being presented this week (Sep 2- Sep 6) at the World Congress of the World Federation of Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine Societies, being held in Cairns, Australia.

A separate study released in June by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania also revealed that chronic sleep deprivation adds stress to the heart, making him more prone to cardiovascular problems.
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#2 Taxloss, Sep 24, 2007
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I'm guessing a lot of people have this problem than. They either get too much sleep or too little, I don't think a lot of people get just the right amount of sleep.

#3 AsanPride, Sep 24, 2007
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^ i dont think anyone ever had lol

#4 ProjectD, Sep 24, 2007
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sheez, my hols are nearly over so im enjoying my sleep while i can..

#5 master_g, Sep 24, 2007
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this isnt something new... psychology courses cover this...

for adolescents, best number of hours is 8 to 8 1/2 hours.. and adults, as mentioned, 7 hours..

#6 Dan, Sep 24, 2007
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I definitely don't get enough sleep -sleep

#7 xmichelly, Sep 24, 2007
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i sleep 4 hrs in the truck every weekdays when i did part time work with imporiting and exporting.

#8 turbobenx, Sep 24, 2007
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sometimes i sleep like 9 hours and sometimes 6....depends on what i feel like....>_<
when i look at the mirror and see the darkcircles around my eyes i sleep 9hours every night...and then i see my big belly and sleep less to not become miss piggy....its kinda hard to find a balance

#9 MissCheekS, Sep 24, 2007
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^ lol how about instead sleep 9 hours everyday and instead of worrying of becoming miss piggy do a little exercise, i think it might help :]

#10 ProjectD, Sep 24, 2007
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ProjectD said: ↑

^ lol how about instead sleep 9 hours everyday and instead of worrying of becoming miss piggy do a little exercise, i think it might help :]
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9 hours is too much...i should try 8 hours i guess...and also..exercise? whuts that?
hehe just kidding....yeah...once im in holland ima play bbal hehe...fun exercise

#11 MissCheekS, Sep 24, 2007
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9 hours is too much...i should try 8 hours i guess...and also..exercise? whuts that?
hehe just kidding....yeah...once im in holland ima play bbal hehe...fun exercise
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actually 9 hours is great, i mean what are you? close to your 20s or in your 20s >.<, its great when ppl your age get at least 9 hours of sleep, heard 10 hours is pretty good too ^^

#12 ProjectD, Sep 24, 2007
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are u sure about that? 10hours? i always feel lazy the rest of the day after sleeping 10hours..
weird i feel most fit after sleeping only 6 hours....im an old lady ^^

#13 MissCheekS, Sep 24, 2007
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lol naw, most ppl feel pretty fit after 6 hours, its just how your body works because theres a blockage in the your mind that you probably surpass that allows you to feel more awake, ^^ but eh... if 6 hours works for you i guess its aight

#14 ProjectD, Sep 24, 2007
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I try to sleep 7 hours a day, but it's never more than that. the thing I hate most is that if I don't get enough sleep, my eyes get really tiny when I wake up ... and it doesn't go away for a while >.<

#15 xmichelly, Sep 24, 2007
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lol...i always have tiny eyes anyway...especially if i dont feel like putting on make up....hahaha

#16 MissCheekS, Sep 24, 2007
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tiny eyes? o_o never knew ppl woke up with tiny eyes

#17 ProjectD, Sep 24, 2007
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just a bit swollen i guess....but yeah my eyes are not small because of that...its god who made me look like that lol

#18 MissCheekS, Sep 24, 2007
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lol it's probably because I'm not fully awake so my eyes are still in semi - sleep mode

#19 xmichelly, Sep 24, 2007
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hmm a bit swollen? aww poor angie, but i guess thats why they made make-up to hide those little flaws

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