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Heart health
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Morning people had more heart attacks, not fewer
In 4,578 adults from the Sleep Heart Health Study followed for a decade, both morning and evening types had higher rates of heart attack than the people in between. The pattern sat almost entirely in those with sleep apnea.
Aug 14, 2026
Weight lost early in prediabetes still counted 34 years on
The Da Qing study followed 540 Chinese adults with impaired glucose tolerance for 34 years. Those who lost at least 5% of their weight in the first six years later had a third fewer deaths and half as many heart failure admissions.
Aug 14, 2026
A blood pressure spike on the treadmill depends on fitness
Across 5,087 people having an exercise stress echo, a high peak blood pressure came with a heavier heart muscle in the fit and the moderately fit, but not in the unfit. The unfit had the most adverse hearts anyway, at the same peak reading.
Aug 14, 2026
More fish was not better: the lowest deaths sat mid-range
A Japanese cohort of 90,944 adults found the lowest all-cause mortality in women eating the second-highest amount of fish, not the highest. In men the benefit appeared only for stroke deaths, and only for unsalted fish.
Aug 14, 2026