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The most common time to have a heart attack or a stroke is 6.30am.
Now scientists think they have found out why this is – and it is all down to the body clock.
Researchers discovered that levels of a protein in people’s blood that slows the breakdown of clots peaks at 6.30am.
The team, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Boston, and Oregon Health and Science University, looked into why the number of heart attacks and strokes peak in the morning.
They studied the protein levels in the bodies of 12 healthy adult volunteers for two weeks.
The participants were assessed while their daily routines were desynchronised from their natural body clocks.
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Grey’s Anatomy is now in it’s 10th season. There’s a reason for this. The show is that good.
I never grow tired or bored with Grey’s Anatomy because the stories are excellent. I was told that the writer, who they consider a genius and is also the writer of Scandal, goes out looking for real live medical cases that are rare and exciting to bring to the show each week. I remember one case that involved a pole that rammed through 2 people. Only one could live after the removal of the pole. Unfortunately, the older person would survive while the young, engaged woman had to die. It was a very sad but true story. Many weird cases have been presented and many personal stories are told each week. Shonda Rhimes is an excellent writer and has two great shows airing back to back. Most of today’s doctors started out…
