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Less than six hours sleep and heart disease is a deadly combination

Middle-aged adults with high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes or heart disease could be at high risk for cancer and early death when sleeping less than six hours per day.

Middle-aged adults with high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, heart disease or stroke could be at high risk for cancer and early death when sleeping less than six hours per day, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers analysed data of more than 1,600 adults (20 to 74 years old, more than half women) from the Penn State Adult Cohort who were categorised into two groups as having stage 2 high blood pressure or type 2 diabetes and having heart disease or stroke. Participants were studied in the sleep laboratory (1991-1998) for one night

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