If you are an older man and are not getting enough slow wave sleep, a state of dreamless deep sleep, your risk of developing hypertension (high blood pressure) is considerably greater, researchers from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass., USA reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. The authors emphasized that quality sleep is as vital to health as exercise and ...

A reduced level of dreamless, deep sleep is a powerful predictor for developing high blood pressure in older men, according to new research. High quality sleep is as important to health as diet and exercise.

Aug. 29, 2011 – Older men with low levels of slow wave sleep (SWS) - one of the deeper stages of sleep – are at high risk of developing high blood pressure, according to new research in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association . Average age of the men in the study was 75.

Reduced slow wave sleep (SWS) is a powerful predictor for developing high blood pressure in older men, according to new research in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Sleep apnea, a common condition in the elderly and overweight, was linked to memory problems and dementia in older women.