Here are the details on that Greek napping study I cited earlier:
from Heartwire — a professional news service of WebMDFebruary 14, 2007 — What could be some of the most welcome heart-healthy advice in a long time comes from Greek researchers who say daytime napping — taking a siesta — may add years to your life.
Appearing in the February 12 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, the study included 23,681 participants from the cohort of the Greek European Prospective Investigation (EPIC) into Cancer and Nutrition.
Men who occasionally napped had a 12% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.48 - 1.60) lower coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality; those who napped almost daily did even better, with a 37% (95% CI, 0.42 - 0.93) mortality decrease.
"If this is confirmed, we may have new weapon against CHD," Antonia Trickopoulou, MD, of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, said in an interview with heartwire.
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