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Chronic risk factors, including diabetes, high blood pressure, smoking, obesity and unhealthy diet are some aspects that can trigger these types of strokes, Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD volunteer president of the American Heart Association and chair, Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, told Health.com.

While no time system will be perfect for everyone, making daylight saving time permanent would lead to a greater number of dark mornings than we have now, said Phyllis Zee , chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

Dr. Natalie Cameron, an instructor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, co-wrote an editorial that accompanied the findings.

“If future research shows that BAC improves heart disease risk prediction among women not yet on cholesterol-lowering medications, BAC could serve as a powerful tool to help guide heart disease prevention for the millions of women who undergo routine mammography each year,” she said.

Only about 10% of strokes occur in people younger than 50, Dr. Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine said. While some symptoms like numbness may mimic other conditions like anxiety, Lloyd-Jones said a tell-tale sign of stroke is when the symptoms only occur one one side and “minutes matter in terms of saving brain tissue and brain function.”

Dr Dinee Simpson is a surgeon who specialises in liver and kidney transplants at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. After recently running into a former patient when she stopped for coffee, Simpson shared the exchange on Twitter.

But Sadiya Khan, an epidemiologist at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, said the recent findings are cause for “grave concern.”

A new study from Northwestern University found even a small amount of light can be harmful to your health while you’re sleeping. The researchers say that when light is present heart rates increase and the body can’t rest properly, which could lead to health problems like obesity and heart disease.

The effects were not dramatic. But it’s plausible that small effects, night after night, could ultimately affect a person’s health, said senior researcher Dr. Phyllis Zee .

“This study doesn’t prove that, and we need more research to look at chronicity,” said Zee, chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago.

Dr. Natalie Cameron, an instructor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, co-wrote an editorial that accompanied the findings.

The effects were not dramatic. But it’s plausible that small effects, night after night, could ultimately affect a person’s health, said senior researcher Dr. Phyllis Zee .

“This study doesn’t prove that, and we need more research to look at chronicity,” said Zee, chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago.