New Study Links Sleep Habits to a Variety of Diseases

A new study published in the journal Health Data Science has shown that having poor sleep habits is linked to dozens of diseases, including heart disease, liver cirrhosis, dementia, and gangrene.

The study included data from over 88,000 participants in the UK Biobank. The participants wore accelerometers and had various aspects of their sleep health and habits measured, including sleep duration, sleep onset timing, sleep rhythm, and sleep fragmentation…