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“Sleep is essential for human health. Not getting enough sleep or having poor, fragmented sleep promotes the development of many chronic illnesses, including cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, obesity, and depression.”

“Diabetes, hypertension, and smoking can injure blood vessels through chronic metabolic stress, inflammation, and oxidative damage. In the brain, this can impair small vessels, increase stroke risk, and contribute to processes involved in dementia.”

“Osteoporosis, heart attack, and stroke became increasingly prevalent after menopause, while anemia became less prevalent. Sleep difficulties and depressive symptoms increased temporarily around menopause. The early hormonal changes reflect the gradual loss of ovarian follicles.”

Obesity is a major contributor to many of the leading causes of death, including cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer. More than 650 million adults are obese worldwide (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight).

“The authors of the study performed statistical analyses to investigate age-dependent increases in premature death rates and years of life lost from five categories of disease – lung cancer, lower respiratory illness, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, and stroke.”

“Sleep is critical for our mental and physical well-being. Sleep deprivation increases our risk of developing many chronic illnesses, including cardiovascular disease, kidney dysfunction, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, obesity, and depression.”

“A growing body of evidence indicates that eating a fiber-rich diet decreases the risks of many chronic diseases, such as coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, and some types of cancer, including breast cancer and colon cancer.”

“In a randomized controlled trial across 26 centers in Canada and Australia, 1,228 adults receiving maintenance hemodialysis took either four fish-oil capsules daily (4 g/day of omega-3 fatty acids, including 1.6 g of EPA and 0.8 g of DHA) or a corn-oil placebo and were followed for up to 3.5 years for serious cardiovascular events, including heart-related death, heart attack, stroke…”

“Previous research reports that a later age of natural menopause is associated with greater life expectancy; reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and atherosclerosis; and less loss of bone density and a reduced risk of osteoporosis and fractures.”

“Mounting evidence indicates that COVID-19 affects the neurological system. A previous report found that the range of acute neurological symptoms associated with COVID-19 included psychoses, delirium, encephalitis, strokes, and Guillain-Barré syndrome.”