(Boston, MA) – Excessive napping has been linked to a higher mortality risk among seniors. Sleep researchers at Mass General Brigham tracked more than 13-hundred older adults for up to 19 years and found that each additional hour of daytime napping was associated with a 13-percent higher risk of death. Daytime napping was defined as getting shuteye between 9 am and 7 pm, but nodding off in the morning was especially risky, producing a 30-percent higher mortality rate.
The study, published in Jama Network Open, showed links between too much napping and cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disease.
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