The Uneven Health Toll of Sleep Deprivation
A lack of sleep might be contributing to racial disparities in diseases like high blood pressure and diabetes, particularly for women.
Compared to whites, African Americans are more likely to suffer from a constellation of health problems referred to as “cardiovascular and metabolic diseases:” high blood pressure, diabetes, and stroke. Things like diet, exercise, and smoking contribute to those conditions, but when researchers control for those behaviors, the disparity persists. Now scientists are examining an unexpected factor that could be driving these disparities in heart disease: sleep.
Think of sleep as a time when the body tidies
