Nighttime exposure to light may raise cardiovascular risk by up to 50%

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/12/nighttime-exposure-to-light-may-raise-cardiovascular-risk-by-up-to-50/

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Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 4 pts · 265d (1 reply)

Do not fear The Darkness!

Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 264d

Azrael@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 257d

The irony of me reading this in bed while also trying to fall asleep, has made me leave this comment and stop scrolling for the night.

XeroxCool@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 264d

unfortunately, the study included information about intensity of night time light but did not included information about the sources of light

So I guess it's user-interpreted intensity

For heart attack, for example, compared with those in the darkest 50th percentile, those who experienced some nighttime light — in the 51st to 70th percentile — had a 20 percent increased risk of heart attack.

Those who experienced more light, in the 71st to 90th percentile, had a 27 percent increased risk.

And those who experienced the most nighttime light, in the 91st to 100th percentile, had a 47 percent higher risk.