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		<title>Short sleep duration, artery thickening linked in men</title>
		<link>http://awakeinamerica.info/2010/top-news/male-short-sleep-duration-artery-thickening-linked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shorter sleep duration was associated with increased carotid artery wall thickening intima-media thickness among men but not women.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://awakeinamerica.info/2010/top-news/male-short-sleep-duration-artery-thickening-linked/' addthis:title='Short sleep duration, artery thickening linked in men '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Sleep apnea linked to risk of heart disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adults with sleep apnea often have more heart trouble than those who sleep soundly, research from the American Heart Association finds.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://awakeinamerica.info/2010/top-news/sleep-apnea-linked-to-risk-of-heart-disease/' addthis:title='Sleep apnea linked to risk of heart disease '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Sleep apnea raises risk of heart failure &amp; coronary heart disease in middle-aged and older men</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) raised the risk of heart failure for middle-aged and older men -- and significantly raised the risk of coronary heart disease in men up to age 70<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://awakeinamerica.info/2010/top-news/sleep-apnea-raises-risk-of-heart-failure-coronary-heart-disease-in-middle-aged-and-older-men/' addthis:title='Sleep apnea raises risk of heart failure &#38; coronary heart disease in middle-aged and older men '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Metabolic &amp; neurological disorders day share common risk factors</title>
		<link>http://awakeinamerica.info/2009/top-news/metabolic-neurological-disorders-may-be-linked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes appear to share risk factors with and may influence the development of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, according to several reports published in the March 2009 issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Women with the cluster of cardiovascular risk factors known collectively as the metabolic syndrome appear likely to develop cognitive impairment over a four-year period. Kristine Yaffe, M.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, and the San Francisco Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, and colleagues assessed 4,895 older women (average age 66.2) who did not have cognitive impairment at the beginning of the study.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://awakeinamerica.info/2009/top-news/metabolic-neurological-disorders-may-be-linked/' addthis:title='Metabolic &#38; neurological disorders day share common risk factors '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Getting little sleep may be associated with heart disease risk risk</title>
		<link>http://awakeinamerica.info/2009/top-news/little-sleep-associated-with-risk-of-heart-disease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sleeping less than seven-and-a-half hours per day may be associated with future risk of heart disease, according to a report in the November 10, 2008, issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In addition, a combination of little sleep and overnight elevated blood pressure appears to be associated with an increased risk of the disease.

“Reflecting changing lifestyles, people are sleeping less in modern societies,” according to background information in the article. Getting adequate sleep is essential to preventing health conditions such as obesity and diabetes as well as several risk factors for cardiovascular disease including sleep-disordered breathing and night-time hypertension (high blood pressure).<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://awakeinamerica.info/2009/top-news/little-sleep-associated-with-risk-of-heart-disease/' addthis:title='Getting little sleep may be associated with heart disease risk risk '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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