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Day 11: Top 20 Reasons to Sleep In Today

Posted: 02/11/2012 9:29 am

Day 11 of 29 Heart Health blogs. It's Saturday. It's been a long week. See that pink alarm clock down there in the slide show? It's not going to go off. Sleep in! Look at the pretty pictures. That's what I'm doing. Tomorrow we can make a surprisingly heart-healthy breakfast to eat -- in bed.

I so don't snore.

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Heart attacks and strokes are more common in early morning, perhaps because of the effect of sleep on blood vessels. Lack of sleep is associated with higher blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and other risk factors for heart disease.
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Disclosure: Suzanne O'Malley is a Senior Research Associate for the non-profit NIH-funded Yale Heart Study, a Faculty member of the Yale Writers' Conference & Associate/Director of Yale Summer Film Institute.

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03:04 AM on 02/12/2012
Just found that "Get Official Samples" is promoting a wide variety of major brands by providing free samples. You’ll have to fill in your zip code to see if you can qualify to receive them. You can get all samples from one place. I think it is available for most of the zip codes and it worked for me.
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04:50 PM on 02/13/2012
Wow! Have you checked that this is legit for our readers? Thanks.--SO