Research from the University of Warwick and University College London found that women who don’t get enough sleep are at higher risk of heart disease and heart-related problems than men with the same sleeping patterns. That seems unfair, but you can’t really argue with science.

The new sleep research, published in journal SLEEP, is the first large-scale study (with 4,600 participants) to examine the relationships between measures of inflammation and sleep duration in both men and women.

Michelle Miller, lead author of the study from Warwick Medical School, said that previous short-term sleep deprivation studies have suggested that inflammatory mechanisms may play a role in cardiovascular risk associated with sleep deprivation. This current research further explored the idea while also comparing the sleep patterns and heart risks of males and females.

Dr. Miller added that the new research supports “the idea that short sleep is associated with an increase in cardiovascular risk and that the association between sleep duration and cardiovascular risk factors is markedly different in men and women.”

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Lack of Sleep More Dangerous for Women

One of the most frustrating things about diabetes is that you often get other ailments along with it. As soon as you get diagnosed with diabetes, you are automatically at risk for other diseases such as heart disease or stroke.

It’s one reason diabetes is such a difficult disease to deal with. Emotionally and physically, it takes a toll.

That’s why I like to here news like this. Researchers at Sanford have received “an American Diabetes Association Career Development Award to help understand why people who have diabetes often die from heart disease or stroke.”

The grant is in excess of $870,000 and will be paid out over five years. They will study both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics.

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Stanford Researchers Receive Grant from ADA