1 Nov 2024 • Recent research has uncovered a startling connection between sleep talking and an increased risk of stroke.

• Over eight years, researchers tracked 8,001 participants, identifying 333 stroke cases.
• Those who sleep talked faced a 30% greater chance of having a stroke compared to their quiet counterparts.
• The risk was even greater ~ nearly doubled ~ among those with both sleep talking and probable REM sleep behavior disorder, with an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.93.

Future studies with cases of clinically confirmed sleep talking and a longer follow‐up is warranted to further investigate this association.

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