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Napping Gets The Nod For Long LifeSCIENTISTS have compelling evidence that naps are good for you. People who take at least three daytime naps a week lasting 30 minutes or longer cut their risk of dying from a heart attack by 37 per cent, according to a new study by a team of American and Greek researchers. Regular siestas lower stress, which is frequently associated with heart disease, the scientists report in the latest edition of the medical journal Archives of Internal Medicine. "If you can take a midday nap, do so," advised co-author Dimitrios Trichopoulos, an epidemiologist at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. Dr Trichopoulos and a colleague, Androniki Naska, of the Athens Medical School, followed 23,681 originally healthy men and women in Greece for more than six years. Of these, 792 died, 133 of them from coronary heart disease. Slightly more than half the study group (13,400) took regular midday naps — a mark of the siestas popularity in Mediterranean societies. The nappers death rate was about two-thirds the rate among Greeks who stayed awake all day. The reasons for nappings life-saving merits are not definitely known, but a number of studies have found links between heart troubles and physical or emotional stress. "There is considerable evidence that both acute and chronic stress are related to heart disease," Dr Trichopoulos said. "An afternoon siesta in a healthy individual may act as a stress-releasing process (and) reduce coronary mortality." Peter Vitaliano, of the University of Washington in Seattle, who was not involved in the project, said: "Napping provides an opportunity to recover from stress." Stress shows up in a persons blood pressure, heart rate, hormones, sugar and cholesterol levels, Professor Vitaliano said. People who recover quickly from stress are better off than those whose stress levels remain high all day, he said. Professor Vitaliano cautioned that the results might have been different if the study had been conducted in the United States, where daytime naps are often frowned on. The study covered 9569 men and 14,112 women aged 20 to 86. Slightly more than half were working; the rest were unemployed or retired. AP Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationCurb your speech, rappers: city bans n-word...British Identify Two ?Principal? Suspects... Dame Anita Roddick, Body Shop founder, dies... World Briefing | The Americas: Guyana: Police Vexed in Attack’s Wake... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - Napping Gets The Nod For Long Life |
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