Doctors believe that chronic displacement the risk of serious illness increased by 46 percent.

British and American scientists have concluded that prolonged sleep can cause stroke and other serious diseases. The research results were published in the journal Neurology.

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According to Dr. Greg Jacobs, working in the Center for sleep disorders at the medical faculty of the University of Massachusetts, ten-year study showed that eight or more hours of sleep can talk about the propensity to stroke.

According to scientists, the relationship between duration of sleep and life expectancy can be represented in the form of the letter "U". Jacobs believes that the lowest mortality is at the bottom of the "U" and corresponds to the seven hours of healthy sleep. If you prefer to sleep more or less than 7 hours per day, the risk of stroke and other serious diseases begins to increase, while the fans to sleep  stronger risk than those who sleep less than 7 hours.



"If you sleep longer than eight hours or less than six, the risk to earn any of the above diseases (high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. - Approx. Ed.) increases dramatically. And this, in turn, leads to early death", said in an interview with the BBC, Professor of cardiovascular medicine Franco Cappuccio.

Doctors believe that chronic displacement the risk of serious illness increased by 46 percent.

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