Irregular sleep patterns increase the risk of conditions such as stroke, heart failure and heart attacks, regardless of whether people are getting enough sleep overall, the study found.

People with highly irregular wake/sleep rhythms had a 26% increased risk of heart attack, stroke or heart-related death This risk remained significant even if people got the recommended seven to nine ...

nong2/Getty Images Sleep regularity (waking up and going to bed at the same time every day) could be more important than sleep duration in predicting heart attack and stroke. A new study found ...

"You've had a stroke" were the last words 39-year-old Vicky Prussia expected to hear. But that's what she was told after being rushed to King's Mill Hospital on 15 April. She had started to feel ...

Researchers observed 13,460 patients with stroke and divided the cases based on whether they suffered from a severe or non-severe stroke, which they categorized using a six-point scale that ...

Many risk factors can lead to a stroke, but the magnitude of risk from some of these conditions or behaviors may have a stronger association with severe stroke compared with mild stroke ...