Men with Restless Leg Syndrome: You Can Die Early
Men, have you ever been lying in bed when your legs start to do the Harlem Shake, all on their own? If you have, you could be at risk for dying early. A new long-term study has found that men with restless leg sydrome (RLS) do seem to die younger. Over 18,000 healthy men around the age of 67 were followed for eight years, 3.7% of whom had RLS, characterized as "an irresistible urge to move the legs and often causes leg sensations of burning, creeping, and tugging, which are usually worse at night," according to a story at newswise.com. During the study, more than 2,700 of the men died, and of the people with RLS, "171, or 25 percent, died during the study, compared to 2,594, or 15 percent, of those who did not have RLS," newswise com reports. The stats are even scarier. The study found that men with RLS had a nearly 40 percent increased risk of death compared to men without RLS. And differences in body mass index, lifestyle, chronic...