Lack of Sleep Linked to Heart Problems

Courtesy TIME: Top Science and Health Stories  Tue, 12/23/2008 - 15:00

A new study indicates that coronary calcium, the kind that may cause heart attacks and strokes, increases the fewer hours you sleep



 

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