Researchers found that people who sleep nine or more hours per night are 23 per cent more likely to later have a stroke than people who sleep less than eight hours per night. Study author Dr Xiaomin Zhang said: "More research is needed to understand how taking long naps and sleeping longer hours at night may be tied to an increased risk of stroke. "In addition, long napping and sleeping may suggest an overall inactive lifestyle, which is also related to increased risk of stroke." People who said their sleep quality was poor were 29 per cent more likely to later have a stroke than people who said their sleep quality was good. The research team noted that the study does not prove cause and effect between long napping and sleeping and stroke.

Source: Daily Mirror December 11, 2019 21:00 UTC