A study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association compared sleeping patterns and stroke risk among 93,175 women aged 50 to 79 years.

Researchers controlled for other known stroke risk factors (such as race, lifestyle factors, and depression symptoms) in analyzing the link between sleep and stroke risk and found an increased risk among those who slept more or less than seven hours per night.

According to the study findings,women who slept seven hours a night had the lowest risk for stroke. The results also revealed that women who slept nine hours or more had a 70 percent higher risk of stroke than those that slept the seemingly healthier seven hours. And, those who slept less than six hours per night had a 14 percent higher risk of stroke.

Getting to be early tonight suddenly seems like a terrific idea, doesn't it?