Here are a list of resources for women to get the sleep they need and keep their heart healthy (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)
The first week of February is National Women’s Heart Health Week which provides an excellent opportunity to talk about the connection between sleep and heart health. In recent years, research has repeatedly shown how important sleep is to our health and well-being and one of the most important findings is the link between sleep deprivation and heart disease/cardiovascular problems. For women, who are often the first to skip sleep in order to finish housework, get caught up on work, or just find a little time for themselves in their day, there is no better time than now to understand how those small daily decisions may be impacting their future health and even their life expectancy.
Heart disease is currently the number one killer of women in America. More women die of heart disease each year than all types of cancer combined. In an effort to raise awareness and make sure every woman knows what she can do right now to take care of her heart, here is a list of resources outlining how sleep impacts heart health and why everyone should be wearing red on February 7th and doing everything they can to help the women in their lives get a good night sleep every night.
- Women: Poor Sleep, Inflammation, and Heart Disease from the Huffington Post
- Poor Sleep May Be Most Harmful to Women with Heart Disease from Medical News Today
- Quality of Sleep Could Increase Heart Risk from GoRedForWomen.org
- Why Getting Enough Sleep is Smart, Not Selfish from the Huffington Post
- How Does Being Sleep Deprived Affect Your Health from The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
- Poor Sleep Habits: Heart Disease and Sleep Apnea from Harvard Health Publications
- Cardiovascular Consequences of Sleep Disordered Breathing
- How Your Sleep Habits May Be Damaging Your Heart from the Huffington Post
- Sleep May Play an Important Role in Heart Health from Medical News Today
- Sleep and Cardiovascular Disease from The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
- Sleep and Heart Disease from Stanford Hospitals and Clinics
- Study Finds Important Gender Differences Among Heart Patients from the University of California – San Francisco
- Insufficient Sleep is a Public Health Epidemic from the Centers for Disease Control
- Lack of Sleep Linked to Heart Problems from Time
- 5 Health Hazards Linked to Lack of Sleep from ABC News
- Lack of Sleep Increases Heart Disease & Stroke Risk from Medical News Net
