naps. She told me about a just-published paper by the University of Athens Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health on more than 23,000 Greek adults. The researchers followed subjects for an average of six years, measuring their diet, physical activity, and how much they napped. They found that occasional napping decreased a person’s risk for coronary heart disease by 12 percent, but that regular napping decreased their risk by a whopping 37 percent.
