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...Getting four family members, all born-and-bred attention seekers, together on stage was a stroke of evil genius. Ozzy spent the whole evening grinning and waving into the audience, Sharon hyper-enthused like a game show host on speed and Jack looked mortified at having to hang out with his parents. In a family of black sheep, it was Kelly who stood out. Casual, cheerful and poised, she was the glue that held the show together, however precariously...
Excessive daytime drowsiness in older adults may predict a significantly increased risk of stroke, said researchers reporting data on Thursday at the International Stroke Conference in New Orleans...
...stopped in traffic while driving. But persistent drowsiness during the day usually signals a chronic sleep deficit, and bigger problems. The new study found that people who suffered from "significant dozing" - those who almost always fell asleep involuntarily during the day - were 4.5 times more likely to have a stroke than people in the "no dozing" group. The association between sleepiness and stroke was dose-dependent: the sleepier the person, the higher the risk of stroke. People in the "some dozing" group, who sometimes, but not always, fell asleep while watching TV or while sitting quietly after lunch...
...study tracked 2,153 participants, average age 73, as part of the ongoing Northern Manhattan Study on stroke, led by Columbia University researchers. The participants were tracked for about two years - none had had a stroke when the study began - and their daytime drowsiness was assessed using a standard sleepiness scale. Of the group, 44% were never-dozers, 47% were sometimes-dozers and 9% were always-dozers. During the follow-up period, the group had 40 strokes and 127 other vascular events, such as heart attack. The data showed not only an increase in stroke risk with excessive daytime sleepiness...
Hypertension - defined as having systolic blood pressure of 140 mmHg or diastolic pressure 90 mmHg, or higher - is known to increase risk of stroke and heart attack. Risk factors like nighttime noise are perhaps less decisive than other changeable variables like weight, exercise and alcohol intake. But, in general, says Jarup, "I would say that the main point is to reduce your risk factors - the fewer the better...