 | | | If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here | | | | | | | News: How Much You Sleep Affects Your Risk of Stroke | A new study of 200,000 Americans has found that if somebody has high blood pressure – a condition that affects one third of the country – their risk of stroke is significantly affected by how much they sleep.
Specifically, people who sleep less than 5 hours per night and more than 8 hours per night were found to have an 83 percent and 74 percent higher risk of stroke, respectively.
Most strokes are triggered by a blood clot in the brain, and they’re relatively common: about 800,000 people each year have a stroke in the U.S., and it’s a leading cause of disability. So what can you do to minimize your risk?
|  | Nicholas English
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