Fox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss better sleep habits, her relationship with her mother and being a teen mom. For many people who wake up early to attend school or work during the week, lack of sleep is a common complaint.
In a recent Gallup poll, 57% of adults said they would "feel better if they got more sleep," while only 42% said they get "as much sleep as they need." Sleeping late on the weekends is a natural response for some — and new research has found that catching up on shuteye in this way can have surprising benefits for heart health. AMERICANS NEED MORE SLEEP, LESS STRESS, EXPERTS SAY, AS GALLUP POLL REVEALS TROUBLING FINDINGS At the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2024 in London, which will take place Aug.
30 through Sept. 2, Chinese cardiovascular researchers will present findings from a U.K.
Biobank study, which analyzed sleep data from 90,903 individuals over a median of 14 years. A total of 19,816 (21.8%) of these participants reported being sleep-deprived, getting less than seven hours of sleep per night, while the rest experienced occasional inadequate sleep, according to a press release on the ESC website.
"Although it's not a double-blinded prospective randomized trial, it shows a significant decrease in the risk of heart disease in a large group who slept more on weekends," a doctor told Fox News Digital of the study. (iStock) Those who caught up on the most sleep over the weekend.