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[ad_1] It is a mistake to think that sleeping in on weekends will make up for not getting enough sleep during the week due to work or leisure activities. According to recent research from Penn State, when sleep is restricted to five hours per night, cardiovascular health indicators like heart rate and blood pressure deteriorate throughout the course of the week, and trying to make up lost sleep over the weekend is insufficient to bring these indicators back to normal. “Only 65 per cent of adults in the U.S. regularly sleep the recommended seven hours per night, and there's a lot of evidence suggesting that this lack of sleep is associated with cardiovascular disease in the long term,” said Anne-Marie Chang, associate professor of biobehavioral health and co-author of the work, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine.  “Our research reveals a potential mechanism for this longitudinal relationship, where enough successive hits to your cardiovascular health, while...

[ad_1] A group of researchers discovered that regular physical exercise may protect against cognitive deterioration as one age, but this protective effect may be diminished in persons who do not get enough sleep. The study conducted by UCL researchers and findings published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, looked at cognitive function over 10 years in 8,958 people aged 50 and over in England. The study looked at how different combinations of sleep and physical exercise habits affected people's cognitive performance over time.  They discovered that persons who were more physically active yet slept for shorter periods of time - fewer than six hours on average - had quicker cognitive loss overall, implying that their cognitive ability was equal to peers who conducted less physical activity after ten years. cre Trending Stories Lead author Dr Mikaela Bloomberg (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care) said: "Our study suggests that getting sufficient sleep may ...