A recent study published in the European Heart Journal Open suggests that there is a correlation between shorter sleep duration and an increased risk for peripheral artery disease (PAD). The study, led by Shuai Yuan, Ph.D., from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, examined the associations of sleep duration and daytime napping with PAD risk in a cohort of 53,416 Swedish adults.
Heart
The heart is a hollow, muscular organ in vertebrates, responsible for pumping blood through the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions. The term cardiac, as in cardiology, means – related to the heart – and comes from the Greek word, kardia, for heart.
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