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Sleep joins the list of eight key factors for heart health
The American Heart Association recommends that adults get seven to nine hours of sleep daily.
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Life's Essential 8: Updating and Enhancing the American Heart Association's Construct of Cardiovascular Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association
In 2010, the American Heart Association defined a novel construct of cardiovascular health to promote a paradigm shift from a focus solely on disease treatment to one inc …
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