Research conducted on the animal model showed that those who didn’t get enough shut-eye were more likely to develop atherosclerosis, a disease in which plaque builds up on the inner walls of the arteries leading to an increase risk of heart attack and stroke. The team, from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, says its study is the first to show that a region of the brain involved in sleep is linked to bone marrow and can raise the production of white blood cells known to cause atherosclerosis. [Find out how much sleep you need to avoid developing harmful plaques in blood vessels. Please tune into ‘The Dr. Bob Martin Show’]
