http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/07/23/Abnormal-Sleep-Patterns-Linked-to-Stroke.aspxSleep patterns in middle-aged women can increase their risk for stroke. The greatest increase in stroke risk (70 percent) was found among women who slept 9 hours or more per night. A recent study looked at more than 93,000 women between the ages of 50enCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/07/23/Abnormal-Sleep-Patterns-Linked-to-Stroke.aspx#127927Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:03:28 GMT24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:127927scaggs184These kind of studies always annoy me. There are so many variables to the equation. For example, maybe the women who slept more were just lazy, and their laziness caused them to be overweight, and maybe lazy overweight people tend to have poorer diets, etc, etc, etc. There are other factors that come into play. You can apply this logic to the outcome of almost any study, which can make it hard to come up with solid evidence to support it, but these kind of question have to be raised or else we will always be plagued by idiotic doctors who take studies like this as truth.<br /><img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=127927" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/07/23/Abnormal-Sleep-Patterns-Linked-to-Stroke.aspx#127924Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:29:26 GMT24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:127924JWRM42I don't understand this study. It says the more you sleep<img src="/emoticons/emotion-56.gif" alt="Sleep [S]" /> &nbsp;[9+ hours] the more your risk of stroke increases? <br /><br />But yet if you sleep<img src="/emoticons/emotion-56.gif" alt="Sleep [S]" /> less [7 hours] your risk is decreased?<br /><br />Isn't sleeping good for you? Could someone please explain?<br /><br />42<img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=127924" width="1" height="1">