During These Three Hours of the Day, Your Stroke Risk Is 72 Percent Higher

The morning rush often feels like nothing short of a crisis. For our hearts and brains, it’s also the riskiest time of day.

A meta-analysis of almost 12,000 adult stroke patients found that people were 72 percent more likely to have a stroke between 6 and 9 a.m. compared with the remaining 21 hours of the day. Every type of stroke studied saw a morning spike — whether caused by clots, bleeding or even "mini-strokes," called transient ischemic attacks.

Heart attacks follow a similar pattern. A separate analysis found that they are 40 percent more likely to happen between 6 a.m. and 12 p.m. than the rest of the day.

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