{"id":44204,"date":"2026-04-07T22:30:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=44204"},"modified":"2026-04-07T22:30:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:30:04","slug":"two-bedtime-mistakes-are-increasing-your-heart-attack-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=44204","title":{"rendered":"Two bedtime mistakes are increasing your heart attack risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sleeping doesn\u2019t count as cardio, but it is good for your heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And the time you conk out each night could be the difference between a high and a low risk of heart attack or stroke.<\/p>\n<p>Finnish <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1186\/s12872-026-05762-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">researchers studying bedtime habits<\/a> have found that drifting off to dreamland at the same time each night can reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events and disease \u2014 even if the quality and duration of sleep isn\u2019t quite up to snuff.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"39018965\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<figcaption>A new study says the quality and duration of your sleep might not matter as much, as long as you\u2019re going to bed at roughly the same time each night. <span class=\"credit\">Home-stock \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With millions worldwide affected by heart disease, the No. 1 cause of death among adults, there\u2019s a bottomless demand for simple and effective lifestyle tweaks that can decrease a person\u2019s odds of a major cardiac event.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers for this study recorded the sleeping patterns of over 3,000 middle-aged Finnish adults for close to 10 years using wearable devices that track sleep and other biomarkers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The authors found that the degree of regularity of three major factors \u2014\u00a0bedtime, wake-up time and sleep midpoint, or the clock time halfway between falling asleep and waking up \u2014\u00a0could predict heart problems down the line.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>For participants whose average sleep durations were less than eight hours, irregular bedtimes and variable sleep midpoints represented a \u201csignificant risk factor\u201d for major cardiac events.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The findings showed, however, that getting <em>more<\/em> than eight hours of sleep per night was a cushion against heart issues, regardless of bedtime and sleep midpoint.<\/p>\n<p>But sleep duration is a fine balance to 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/male-hand-adjusting-changing-time-62350734.jpg?resize=231,154&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/male-hand-adjusting-changing-time-62350734.jpg?resize=322,215&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/male-hand-adjusting-changing-time-62350734.jpg?resize=662,441&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 662w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/male-hand-adjusting-changing-time-62350734.jpg?resize=90,60&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 90w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/male-hand-adjusting-changing-time-62350734.jpg?resize=120,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 120w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/male-hand-adjusting-changing-time-62350734.jpg?resize=1200,800&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/male-hand-adjusting-changing-time-62350734.jpg?resize=1038,692&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1038w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/male-hand-adjusting-changing-time-62350734.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/male-hand-adjusting-changing-time-62350734.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/male-hand-adjusting-changing-time-62350734.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\"\/><figcaption>Wake-up time didn\u2019t have a notable impact on heart health, the researchers found. <span class=\"credit\">zephyr_p \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Researcher Laura Nauha, a lead author of the Finnish study, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/sticking-to-the-same-bedtime-each-night-could-help-lower-heart-health-risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Science Alert<\/a> that while previous studies have \u201clinked irregular sleep patterns to heart health risks,\u201d this paper is the first to look \u201cseparately at variability in bedtime, wake-up time and the midpoint of the sleep period \u2014 and their independent associations with major cardiac events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added that her team\u2019s findings \u201csuggest that the regularity of bedtime, in particular, may be important for heart health\u201d because \u201cit reflects the rhythms of everyday life \u2014 and how much they fluctuate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In general, the body\u2019s 24-hour circadian rhythm is emerging as a powerful tool for hormone regulation and protection against everything from metabolic conditions to dementia and now heart disease.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>Getting enough sleep can even help to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/19\/health\/how-to-optimize-your-sperm-for-better-fertility-and-healthier-kids-in-74-days\/\">optimize sperm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This latest research supports the idea that our body\u2019s biological clock keeps our internal systems in a delicate balance \u2014\u00a0and that disruptions to the rhythm can have far-reaching consequences.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to heart health, the authors of this paper posit that fluctuating bedtimes throw the circadian rhythm off balance, preventing the heart from achieving ideal recovery time overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Another potential connection between sleep and heart health? Chronic stress.<\/p>\n<p>Lifestyle factors that are bad for the heart are also bad for sleep \u2014 like an extreme workload, mental health burdens and general burnout. All simultaneously influence heart health and sleep quality, duration and regularity for the worse.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, wake-up time didn\u2019t appear to have much of an impact according to this research.<\/p>\n<p>But other studies suggest that <em>how <\/em>we wake up \u2014\u00a0for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/13\/health\/the-7-best-alarms-to-wake-up-to-for-better-brain-function\/\">certain harsh alarm tones<\/a> spike blood pressure, heart rate and cortisol \u2014 can affect not just our mood but our heart health and stress levels over time.<\/p>\n<p>The good news? You might be so exhausted from prepping and optimizing your sleep routine that you\u2019ll pass out the second your head hits the pillow.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/07\/health\/two-bedtime-mistakes-are-increasing-your-heart-attack-risk\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleeping doesn\u2019t count as cardio, but it is good for your heart.\u00a0 And the time you conk out each night could be the difference between a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}