Napping May Be Good for Your Heart
Your boss may balk, but a new study shows that getting some midday shut-eye could be heart-healthy
By Lisa Stein

Like to kick back for an afternoon siesta? Good news: A new study shows that regular napping may cut your risk of dying of a heart attack or other heart problems.

In the largest study to date on the effects of midday snoozing, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the University of Athens Medical School in Greece, tracked 23,681 apparently healthy men and women, ages 20 to 86, for more than six years.

Their findings, published in today's Archives of Internal Medicine: those who took afternoon siestas of 30 minutes or more at least three times a week had a 37 percent lower risk of dying from heart disease than those who did not. the rest