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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

Sleep loss linked to higher atrial fibrillation risk in working-age adults

WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:03.6

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0:12.9

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0:15.2

So skipping sleep for work or stress could be hurting more than your energy.

0:20.7

Oh, it could be hurting your heart.

0:22.8

There was a new study that came out, and it says that working age adults who are getting

0:28.5

less sleep than they should are at serious risk for a fib, atrial fibrillation, which is a heart

0:36.9

rhythm disorder that can raise your risk of stroke

0:40.0

and other problems. You need to be getting more than six hours of sleep per night.

0:45.8

Sounds like I can get a doctor's note for something like this. Hey, Doc, can I get a work note that

0:49.8

says I can't come in until 10 o'clock in the morning because I got to get enough sleep so I don't

0:53.9

get this heart disorder.

0:55.3

You know, we often brag about surviving on little sleep.

0:59.4

Oh, man, yeah, I only got two hours sleep, three hours sleep last night.

1:02.5

But that's actually not good for you.

1:06.0

And it's quietly contributing to some serious health problems.

1:09.8

Well, we know through many stories, this isn't the

1:12.9

first one, that we are certainly a sleep deprived country. In fact, we had that story last week

1:17.0

about people taking sleepcations where you go away to a hotel where your whole purpose of the

1:23.6

trip is to get some sleep and they have things like pillow menus where you can order

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