LOVE sleeping in on weekends?
There is good news as your lazy Saturday mornings might be saving your ticker, according to UPI.
Weekend "catch-up" sleep could slash your risk of cardiovascular disease, revealed new research presented at the European Society of Cardiology's annual meeting in London last week.
"Sufficient compensatory sleep is linked to a lower risk of heart disease," said Yanjun Song, a cardiology expert from Fuwai Hospital in Beijing.
"The effect is even stronger for those who regularly skimp on sleep during the week."
The study analysed data from nearly 91,000 participants in the UK Biobank research project.
Participants wore sleep monitors and had their heart health tracked.
Around 22% were sleep-deprived, snoozing less than seven hours a night - basically all of us on a Netflix binge.
After 14 years of follow-up, the people who snoozed through Sun brunch were 19% less likely to develop heart disease than those who powered through the weekend on little sleep.
So, if you miss a certain weekend conference, tell everyone you're doing it for your heart.
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