Locator: 50371HEARTHEALTH.
Link to The Guardian. And this article links to the Europe Society of Cardiology.
Is this even plausible?
Does hitting the snooze button on the alarm clock count towards that 11 minutes more each night?
The lede:
Fifty-three thousand folks kept track of exactly what time they "went to bed," but "going to bed" is not the same as "sleeping." I don't know anyone who knows exactly what time they fell asleep -- unless they're somehow hooked up to a polysomnograph.
And eleven minutes over an 8-hour period of "sleep" -- is that even statistically significant?
And, then, reduce your risk of heart disease by 4.5 minutes with a brisk walk! Oh, give me a break. If that's all one needs to do ... a brisk walk for 4.5 minutes every day reduces your risk of major cardiovascular events. Wow, sign me up!
And what does that get you? A ten percent reduction in "avoiding" a chance of a major cardiovascular event.
This study has had its 15 minutes of fame. By the end of the week the study will be consigned to the trash bin (or is it the dustbin) of history.
Wow, how gullible do they think we are?
