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• March 7, 2003, Wake Up, Little Susie Can we sleep less?.
• On most days, my accumulated sleep deficit and post-lunch stupor gang up on me around 2 p. ...
• Every year, we need the same amount of sleep, and every year we get less. Since the invention of artificial illumination, sleep has been a bear market. ... According to University of Pennsylvania professor of psychology David Dinges, Americans probably sleep about six and a half to seven hours per night, compared to the more than eight hours our bodies want.
• We have learned to cope with a regular sleep deficit, but we pay a price (and not just $4. ... Studies by Dinges and military scientists have proved that performance deteriorates when you sleep less than eight hours. ... Folks who really need to stay awake dope themselves with amphetamines - stimulants that can ward off sleep for days but cause terrible crashes when they wear off. ...
• Avoiding sleep for a week might be necessary in an extreme situation like war, but the run-of-the-mill, office-working, wannabe Superman requires something different. ...
• The FDA approved it in 1998 to treat narcolepsy, but it is starting to have a underground life as a pick-me-up for the routinely sleep-deprived. ...
• It seems to slow the release of GABA, a sleep promoter in the brain. It also may act on the histamine system, which is connected to sleep regulation. ... Dopamine, says Joyce Walsleben, director of the NYU Sleep Disorders Center, is a "broad hitter" that sets the heart racing, causes twitchiness, and makes you feel high. ...
• ) Now doctors are getting barraged by requests from regular folks who want to use it to cut down on sleep. ...
• The seduction of modafinil is that you can feel as peppy after six hours sleep as you would after nine. ... They doubt you could take the drug everyday without consequences: Most sleep researchers agree that the longer sleep is necessary for hormonal regulation, among other essential bodily functions. (Drugs aren't the only way we may steal less sleep. ...

• Sleep survey: Kids slumber less than recommendedWASHINGTON (AP) — Children are sleeping less than experts recommend and many parents are not happy about it, according to a survey of American households by the National Sleep Foundation. The foundation, an independent organization that supports sleep education, announced Tuesday that its annual survey found that children, from newborns to fifth-graders, are getting one to two hours less sleep every 24 hours than is recommended. ...
• 7 hours of sleep daily, while experts suggest 14 to 15 hours. ...
• 7 hours, while 12 to 14 hours is the recommended amount of daily sleep. ...
• Daily sleep averaged about 10. ... Experts recommend 11 to 13 hours of sleep for this age group. ...
• 5 hours of sleep daily, the survey found. Experts say the appropriate amount of sleep for this group is 10 to 11 hours. ...
• "Our new poll finds that many children are not sleeping enough and many experience sleep problems," Richard L. ...
• About 69% of the children in the households surveyed were said to experience sleep problems a few nights a week. ...
• The poll found that about 75% of those polled would change something about their children's sleep habits if they could. ...
• The poll also found that the parents or caregivers of children are also getting less than the ideal amount of sleep. ... 8 hours per night, slightly less than the seven hours that the foundation found in a 2002 poll of adults. Most parents said they need eight to nine hours of sleep a night. ...
• Parents and caregivers in households where children got the least amount of sleep were about twice as likely to sleep less than six hours a night themselves, the poll found. About 30% of this adult group also reported insomnia a few nights a week, and half of those polled said their sleep problems increased after children came into the household. ...

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• Study: People Live Longest With Seven Hours Of Sleep .
• Getting eight hours of sleep might not be your best bet after all, according to a new study. ...
• Research published in Friday's issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry suggests adults live longer if they get six or seven hours of sleep each night, not eight. ...
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• 5 hours -- or less than about four hours -- nightly. ...
• Even those with as little as five hours sleep lived longer than participants with eight hours or more per night, according to the study, which was conducted by researchers from the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and the American Cancer Society. ...
• Although the study found the highest mortality rates with long-duration sleep, the study could not explain the causes or reasons for this association. ...
• "We don't know if long sleep periods lead to death," said Dr. Daniel Kripke, a UCSD professor of psychiatry who specializes in sleep research. ...
• But people who sleep an average of 6. 5 hours a night can rest assured that it's a safe amount of sleep, Kripke said. "From a health standpoint, there is no reason to sleep longer. ...

• ON THIS PAGE: How does aging change our sleep patterns? | What are the common causes of sleep problems for the elderly? | What Should I Do If I Am Having Trouble Sleeping? | Online Resources | Related Topics.
• How does aging change our sleep patterns?.
• Have you found that, as you get older, you are finding it increasingly harder to get a full night’s rest? As noted in the sidebar, over 50% of men and women over age 65 complain of at least one chronic sleep problem. Many older people experience insomnia and other sleep difficulties on a regular basis, but aren’t sure how to break the cycle of sleeplessness.
• On average, people aged 50 to 85 sleep about 6 hours per day.
• Over 50% of men and women over age 65 complain of at least one chronic sleep problem.
• In order to determine whether you have a problem with sleep, it is necessary to ask yourself about the quality of your time awake. If you are getting less sleep than when you were younger, but still feel rested and energetic during the day, it might just be that you now need less sleep. Five hours sleep for one person might be equivalent to eight hours for someone else. Every person’s sleep needs are different and it is true that you might need less sleep than you once did. However, it you are noticing that your lack of sleep is affecting your daytime activities, you should investigate the cause of your sleeplessness and take steps to get better rest. It is possible to improve your sleep habits and there are many easy changes you can make which might yield great results. Additionally, if you have a serious sleep problem, you should speak with your doctor because it might be a signal of something more serious.
• Many people accept sleep difficulties as a fact of aging. It is true that as we get older, our sleep patterns change, but it is equally true that good restorative sleep is essential to our physical health and emotional well-being. General changes in sleep patterns caused by aging are outlined below: (Provided by Sleep Foundation ‘Sleep and Aging’).

•   Are paraliminals causing a need for less sleep. ...
• Topic:   Are paraliminals causing a need for less sleep. ...
• posted January 30, 2003 02:39 PM             Is my listening to my paraliminals reducing the amount of sleep I need? I've read that deep meditation can reduce your need for sleep. ... I quite often catch myself with one of those falling limb actions that you get when you are falling asleep and don't what to sleep. ...
• I tending not to get back to sleep. ...
• However, I almost always fall back to sleep. In the past if I didn't fall back to sleep I was groggy much of the day.
• I find that paraliminals also reduce my need to sleep. ...
• Taking direct choline bitartrate helps a bit with the waking part, and doing silent image streaming helps with the sleep part.
• If I ever photoread more than seven books in a day, I will sleep until I am fully done with dream incubation. ...
• I chose this schedule because most of the instructions on polyphasic sleep work best following the body's natural 25-hour cycle. ...
• posted February 06, 2003 10:10 PM          Polyphasic sleep? 25-hour cycle? Where can I learn more about these things?IP: Logged.
• For the record, I gave it up because, although I felt mentally and physically OK, I was suffering from an eye-tick that I know is my body's signal for requesting more sleep. ...
• posted February 06, 2003 10:55 PM             oh, I'm not sure if it's mentioned on the Polyphasic Sleep threads, but the natural rythm for a person is a 25 hour cycle. ... They naturally fell into a 25 hour cycle of wake/sleep.
• He has a 37 hour wake/sleep cycle. ...

•    WASHINGTON -- American teen-agers are getting far less sleep than they need, and their health, behavior and academic performance are suffering as a result.
•    This conclusion represents the evolving consensus of many sleep researchers who will be gathering today at the National Academy of Science for a workshop on the sleep needs of adolescents.
•    Their goal is to review the growing body of research on teen-age sleep deficits and to explore its policy implications. ...
•    ''Sleep experts feel really strongly that high school timings are out of sync with the natural circadian rhythms of adolescents,'' said Michele Kipke, director of the academy's Board on Children, Youth and Families, which is hosting the workshop.
•    Recent research into adolescent sleep patterns has consistently shown that most middle and late teens need nine hours of sleep, yet for biological reasons during this time in their lives they generally cannot go to sleep earlier than 11 p. ...
•    Some school districts have moved back their high school starting times in response to the sleep research -- notably those in Minneapolis and some surrounding districts. ...
•    ''Since the amount of sleep a student gets correlates strongly with academic performance and social behavior, it's important for high schools to have later start times,'' said William Dement, director of the Sleep Disorders Center of Stanford University and a workshop panelist. Dement has been studying sleep and sleep disorders for 48 years.
•    ''There is by now a huge reservoir of knowledge about the sleep patterns and needs of adolescents, but it's been dammed up by public ignorance and bureaucracy,'' he said. ... Now we know that a chronic sleep debt has bad consequences, but we're really not doing much about it. ...
•    Research by Mary Carskadon, director of Brown University's Chronobiology and Sleep Research Laboratory has shown that circadian rhythms of teen-agers are geared toward a later sleep time and later waking time than adults or younger children. These rhythms include the release of chemicals that encourage alertness or sleep.
•    In her more recent research, she monitored teen-age ''sleep latency'' -- the speed at which adolescents could fall asleep -- in 25 students making the transition from middle school to high school.
• starting time showed brain patterns similar to those in patients with the sleep disorder narcolepsy. Specifically, when given the opportunity to sleep at 8:30 a. ... , their brains quickly entered a REM (rapid eye movement) pattern associated with deep sleep. By contrast, most people would move into a different brain pattern, one that precedes deep sleep. In addition, 12 of the 25 students reached sleep-like states within three to four minutes -- an extremely short period of time -- in tests throughout the day.

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• The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night .
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• The Happiest Baby on the Block : The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer .
• Rating: - Smart but not wise This doctor is very educated about sleep and provides accurate information about it. ... Yes, it is good for babies and their parents to sleep. ... I read it when our son was a few weeks old (I was desperate to help him sleep well) and followed Dr. ... He never cries when I put him to sleep. When I put him in his crib to sleep he "talks" to himself for a few minutes and then falls asleep on his own. Other parents and our babysitter have told me they can't believe how easy it is to get our child to sleep. ... I know this is, in part, because his father and I have worked hard to help him get the rest he needs and to sleep well. ... Weissbluth supports his ideas about and method of sleep training with scientific research which, in my opinion, is essential, but which seems to be rare in the childcare book world. Rating: - Great Book especially when starting early In the beginning, as we all have experienced, the newborns are expected to sleep a lot and whenever they want. My daughter's sleep started off great, especially at night in our bed. ... We are now trying to sleep train the baby in her crib.

• More work, less sleep common in America.
• WASHINGTON -- Americans are getting fewer hours of sleep and spending more time at work, resulting in a fatigued society that has less time to devote to family, social activities and sex, a study released Tuesday reported. ...
• The average American gets less than the recommended eight hours of sleep per night, often resulting in drowsiness at work and behind the wheel, the annual National Sleep Foundation poll found. ...
• "Far too many adults still sacrifice sleep, which is unhealthy and counterproductive," said Richard Gelula, the foundation's executive director. "A good night's sleep is a necessity, not a luxury. ...
• "People may be getting enough sleep, but it is (happening) at school, at work and behind the wheel," said foundation vice president James C. ...
• As a result, more than 40 percent of adults say they spend more time at work and less time sleeping than they did five years ago. ...
• "There is a direct relationship between hours worked and its negative impact on sleep," Walsh said. ...
• One-third of the respondents said that, if pressed for time, they would be less likely to give up job-related work than sleep, leisure activities and sex. ...
• Fifty-two percent of those surveyed said they spent less time having sex and attending organized social activities than they did five years ago. ...
• People who are married with children got the least sleep -- only 6. ...
• More work, less sleep common in America .

• Study: Less sleep could be healthier.
• Last Updated: 2002-02-15 12:36:08-05 Can losing sleep help you live longer? To a certain extent, it just might. ...
• Specifically people sleeping seven hours were 12 percent more likely to live an average of six years longer than those sleeping eight, but even those with as little as five hours sleep lived longer than subject who clocked eight.
• Researchers say they don't yet know if longer sleep truly means a shorter life. They are planning more studies to better understand the link, but add these findings suggest when it comes to sleep and longevity, less may mean more. ...
• Researchers note that getting too little sleep had the same effect as getting too much. The study found people who averaged four hours or less had the same death rate as those who slept eight hours or more: living six years less as those who got six to seven hours of sleep.
• While the connection between less sleep and a longer life seems clear, researchers say the study did not come up with any clues that would help explain the link. ...

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•   Sleep is a time when your body and brain shut down for rest and relaxation.
•   If you regularly doze off unintentionally during the day, you may need more than just a good night's sleep.
•   If you snore loudly and persistently at night and are sleepy during the day, you may have a sleep disorder.
•   Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder marked by "sleep attacks".
•   One cause of not getting enough sleep is restless legs syndrome.
•   The body has a natural ability to adjust to different sleep schedules such as working different shifts or traveling through multiple time zones quickly.
•   People need less sleep as they grow older.
•   The average teenager needs about 8 hours of sleep every night.
•   You can make up for lost sleep by drinking caffeinated soft drinks or coffee.

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• Study: People Live Longest With Seven Hours Of Sleep .
• Getting eight hours of sleep might not be your best bet after all, according to a new study. ...
• Research published in Friday's issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry suggests adults live longer if they get six or seven hours of sleep each night, not eight. ...
• SLEEP Sleep Statistics.
• Sleep Myths.
• How Much Sleep Do You Get?.
• Do You Take Naps? STUDY Less Sleep Better?.
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• Why Sleep Is So Important .
• 5 hours -- or less than about four hours -- nightly. ...
• Even those with as little as five hours sleep lived longer than participants with eight hours or more per night, according to the study, which was conducted by researchers from the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and the American Cancer Society. ...
• Although the study found the highest mortality rates with long-duration sleep, the study could not explain the causes or reasons for this association. ...
• "We don't know if long sleep periods lead to death," said Dr. Daniel Kripke, a UCSD professor of psychiatry who specializes in sleep research. ...
• But people who sleep an average of 6. 5 hours a night can rest assured that it's a safe amount of sleep, Kripke said. "From a health standpoint, there is no reason to sleep longer. ...

• New study suggests less sleep for high mortality .
• Think you need eight or nine hours of sleep a night to live a long, healthy life? .
• A six-year study of more than a million middle-aged and older adults finds that people who average only six or seven hours sleep a night actually have a lower death rate than those who sleep longer. ...
• The data, collected by researchers from the University of California-San Diego, shows the highest mortality rates of people aged 30 to 102 were among those who had the longest-duration sleep. ...
• "We don't know if long sleep periods lead to death. ...
• 5 hours of sleep a night can be reassured that this is a safe amount of sleep. From a health standpoint, there is no reason to sleep longer," said Kripke, who specializes in sleep research. ...
• The National Sleep Foundation, which promotes healthy sleep and diagnosis of sleep disorders, says its surveys show about 62 percent of American adults get less than eight hours sleep on weekdays, and about a third get by on six hours a night, but that many people try to catch up on weekends. ...
• The foundation and other experts estimate that as many as 64 million Americans suffer from some type of sleep disorder. ...
• The new study was a collaboration between researchers at the University of California and the American Cancer Society, using information collected about sleep as part of the Cancer Society's Cancer Prevention Study II. ...
• Researchers noted that physicians generally feel most patient complaints about difficulty sleeping are actually related to depression rather than a sleep disorder. ...
• 1 million participants, this was the first large-scale, population-based study of sleep to also take into account such variables as age, diet, exercise, previous health problems and risk factors such as smoking, in comparing longevity by matching people with similar characteristics aside from how much they slept. ...

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• The MySleepCenter Bookstore is a bookstore with a wide selection of books about Sleep,Snore, and Apnea. It includes topics such as sleep problem, sleep help, sleep talk, sleep health, sleep deprivation, better sleep, sleep medicine, sleep and drugs, sleep disorder, insomnia cure, narcolepsy, snoring, hypersomnia, baby sleep, children sleep, child sleep, bedtime stories, sleeping beauty, sheep sleep, dream, sleep, sleeping, snore, and sleep novel. ... They have selected many hardbacks and paperbacks, such as The Therapeutic Nightmare: The Battle over the World's Most Controversial Sleeping Pill (Health and the Environment Series) , While Dragons Sleep: How to Solve a Chemical Dependence Problem and I'm Taking a Nap. ...

• Seven hours' sleep "the safest" .
• People who sleep for eight hours or more every night have a higher death rate than those who average six to seven hours, according to a new US study. But many sleep experts are sceptical about the findings. ...
• In 1982, the participants were asked about their sleep duration, frequency of insomnia and sleeping pill use. ... The researchers found that those who slept for an average of eight hours or more, or less than four hours, each night had significantly increased mortality rates. ...
• "People who sleep for eight hours are 13 to 15 percent more likely to die within six years than those who sleep seven hours. In fact, even sleeping for five hours was less risky than eight," Kripke says. ...
• About half of the group studied slept for eight hours, although the average sleep time in the western world is now 6. ...
• The findings contradict the widely held view that sleep deprivation and insomnia are dangerous to health and that increased sleep leads to increased longevity. "The important message is that it is very safe to sleep five, six or seven hours - sleeping for longer is certainly not risk free. ...
• But Orfeu Buxton at the University of Chicago sleep research centre says: "They have used subjective measures for sleep that are a poor surrogate for actual sleep measures. ...
• But, he says: "Sleep length might affect cytokines, which are transmitters that affect inflammation, and this might somehow influence mortality. " People who sleep longer may also be an increased risk of sleep apnoea, when breathing stops during sleep, he suggests. ...
• Bruce Carnes of the University of Chicago says it is not possible to assign simple mortality risks to different sleep durations. ...
• Sleep scientists discount sheep 23 January 2002 .
• Sleep is essential for normal brain development in early life 26 April 2001 .

• There's another, more sci-fi way we may be able to sleep less. ... Others are very sleep-deprived and just don't realize it. ...
• But a rare fewâ ”1 in a 1,000, Dinges estimatesâ ”need very little sleep and function just as well after six hours as after eight. ...
• Scientists are now starting to hunt the human genome for the genes connected to sleep regulation. ... (If you sleep less, do you die sooner, for example?) And even if there aren't any costs, researchers face the technical challenge of modifying DNA in a remote area of the brainâ ”a task well beyond current gene therapy, which tends to focus on small genes in accessible corners of the body.

• LESS FUN, LESS SLEEP, MORE WORK .
• National Sleep Foundation Poll Shows Americans Living to Work, Not Working to Live; Foundation Urges Americans to 'Make Time For Sleep' .
• WASHINGTON, DC, March 27, 2001—A world that "never goes to sleep" offers many diverse activities -- even the possibility of working 24/7, but encourages unhealthy and sometimes antisocial lifestyles for America's adults. ... Adults report spending less time sleeping, engaged in social and leisure activities, and having sex than they did just five years ago. Most Americans say they suffer from sleep problems and when they go to sleep, many sleep alone — even if they are married.
• These are some of the key findings in the National Sleep Foundation's (NSF) 2001 Sleep in America poll, which looks at the relationship between Americans' lifestyles, sleep habits and sleep problems. The poll was released today as part of NSF's National Sleep Awareness Week (March 26-April 1), as most of the nation prepares to lose an hour of sleep this weekend with the arrival of Daylight Saving Time Sunday morning, (April 1).
• Sleep deprivation continues to be widespread in America. According to the NSF poll, a majority of American adults (63%) does not get the recommended eight hours of sleep needed for good health, safety, and optimum performance. In fact, nearly one-third (31%) report sleeping less than seven hours each week night, though many adults say they try to sleep more on weekends.
• This year's poll also shows that more than one-third of Americans say they get less sleep now than five years ago, and seven in 10 (69%) say they experience frequent sleep problems, though most have not been diagnosed. But respondents say they would sleep more if they believed it would benefit their overall health, safety, and well-being. More than eight out of l0 say they would sleep more if they knew they could be healthier (85%), perform in a safer way and avoid injuries (83%), and could improve their memory (82%).
• "The 2001 Sleep in America poll shows good news and bad news," says Richard L. ... "The good news is that many Americans say they don't want to give up any more sleep in spite of their hectic lives. And they would sleep more if they were convinced it would contribute to their quality of life. The bad news is far too many adults still sacrifice sleep, which is unhealthy and counter-productive. We have our work cut out for us to educate Americans that a good night's sleep is a necessity, not a luxury. Americans must make time for sleep," Gelula added. ...

• APSS: Older People Who Complain of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Do Get Less Sleep .
• APSS: Older People Who Complain of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Do Get Less Sleep.
• CHICAGO, IL -- June 11, 2001 -- Older people who complain of excessive daytime sleepiness do get less sleep at night and are less alert during the day than those without such complaints. Data presented as a poster at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, concluding yesterday (June 10), document these conclusions. ...
• Individuals wore a wrist Actigraph for a week and then underwent polysomnography in the sleep laboratory. ...
• Results showed that individuals who complained of excessive daytime sleepiness got almost a half-hour less sleep each night. ... This shorter nighttime sleep was partially, but only partially, offset by an increase in daytime napping. ...
• The authors’ previous research has shown that a significant number of seniors who complain of excessive daytime sleepiness in fact have sleep apnea. The present report does not detail any specific sleep disorders. ...

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• Sleep Shortage Doubly Dangerous .
• Maybe you missed a few hours of sleep last night. ...
• Missing some sleep could be as bad as getting no sleep, says a new study from the University of Pennsylvania appearing in the journal Sleep. Researchers found that many people who are living on less than the standard eight hours may not be aware how tired they are or how the shortfall is affecting their brains. ...
• "The assumption is that your body will adapt and live with less sleep," says Hans P. ... , assistant professor of sleep chronobiology at the Psychiatric School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and lead investigator of the study funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research of the National Institutes of Health. ...
• This performance was equivalent to people who did not sleep at all for two nights. ...
• , research associate professor of medicine at New York University's School of Medicine and diplomate of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. ...
• It's the things that require more from you but you have less to give," she says, lauding the study as important in the field of sleep research. ...
• This is a group commonly associated with sleep deprivation because of demands such as raising children and working long hours. ...
• By stealing time from sleep to have enough time during the day, we are actually losing time because of the impaired brain functioning.
• "People should be aware that sleep is not a waste of time and realize sleep is actually valuable," he says.
• Lack of sleep doesn't only affect your ability to perform throughout the day. ...
• Obesity: Sleep plays a role in the body's ability to secrete neurohormones. ...

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• Study: People Live Longest With Seven Hours Of Sleep .
• Getting eight hours of sleep might not be your best bet after all, according to a new study. ...
• Research published in Friday's issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry suggests adults live longer if they get six or seven hours of sleep each night, not eight. ...
• SLEEP Sleep Statistics.
• Sleep Myths.
• How Much Sleep Do You Get?.
• Do You Take Naps? STUDY Less Sleep Better?.
• Sleep Tips For Children.
• Why Sleep Is So Important .
• 5 hours -- or less than about four hours -- nightly. ...
• Even those with as little as five hours sleep lived longer than participants with eight hours or more per night, according to the study, which was conducted by researchers from the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and the American Cancer Society. ...
• Although the study found the highest mortality rates with long-duration sleep, the study could not explain the causes or reasons for this association. ...
• "We don't know if long sleep periods lead to death," said Dr. Daniel Kripke, a UCSD professor of psychiatry who specializes in sleep research. ...
• But people who sleep an average of 6. 5 hours a night can rest assured that it's a safe amount of sleep, Kripke said. "From a health standpoint, there is no reason to sleep longer. ...

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• Study: People Live Longest With Seven Hours Of Sleep .
• Getting eight hours of sleep might not be your best bet after all, according to a new study. ...
• Research published in Friday's issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry suggests adults live longer if they get six or seven hours of sleep each night, not eight. ...
• SLEEP Sleep Statistics.
• Sleep Myths.
• How Much Sleep Do You Get?.
• Do You Take Naps? STUDY Less Sleep Better?.
• Sleep Tips For Children.
• Why Sleep Is So Important .
• 5 hours -- or less than about four hours -- nightly. ...
• Even those with as little as five hours sleep lived longer than participants with eight hours or more per night, according to the study, which was conducted by researchers from the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and the American Cancer Society. ...
• Although the study found the highest mortality rates with long-duration sleep, the study could not explain the causes or reasons for this association. ...
• "We don't know if long sleep periods lead to death," said Dr. Daniel Kripke, a UCSD professor of psychiatry who specializes in sleep research. ...
• But people who sleep an average of 6. 5 hours a night can rest assured that it's a safe amount of sleep, Kripke said. "From a health standpoint, there is no reason to sleep longer. ...

• More Signs Of Less Napping As California Goes, So Goes the Country? (NYT &#8212; Todd S. ...
• --> Go Back To Sleep America.
• More Signs Of Less Napping.
• “But if one probes deeper, and says, `Are state governments becoming increasingly out of sync with the governed,’ then you could look at the situation in California as yet another instance in which California gets there first, because it’s larger, less disciplined, less tradition-minded, and the function that it so often seems to fill in national life is of acting out things. ...
• Who are we kidding? Go back to sleep….

• Lack of sleep not just an adult problem.
• Recent studies suggest that an increasing number of children have sleep disorders; TV, the Internet, and obesity are the most cited sleep-stealers.
• Kids and teens are getting less sleep than ever before. The quality of their sleep is deteriorating, and increasing numbers are complaining of insomnia and snoring, according to several studies presented this month during the Associated Professional Sleep Societies annual meeting in Chicago.
• Nemani, MD, director of neurodiagnostic and sleep disorder services at St. ...
• Sleep experts have long been sounding the alarm about the many adults who are chronically sleep-deprived. ...
• A study by a team of researchers at the University of Kentucky in Lexington found that sleep among healthy children and adolescents has declined significantly in quality in the past 25 years. Research conducted at Emory University in Atlanta found that more than 40% of tots attending day care did not get the 12 hours of sleep recommended for their age group. ...
• "At the time when they need more sleep, they're getting less, and that's creating problems," said Andrew L. Chesson, MD, American Academy of Sleep Medicine president.
• More than 40% of kids in one day-care study did not get their recommended 12 hours of sleep. ...
• And, the increasing rate of childhood and teen obesity also may be contributing to an increase in disorders such as sleep apnea. One study also correlated obesity with a reduction in sleep time, although it was unclear which was the cause and which was the effect.
• "These are the sleep-stealers," said Nurudeen A. ... The whole world is sleeping far less than it should be, and that's unhealthy. ...
• The ill effects of severely restricted or disordered sleep are readily apparent, and even a small loss of sleep is probably not a good thing.

• How Your Sleep Debt Makes It Worse .
• People frequently believe that lack of sleep does not affect their competency, but research shows that it does. ... In an emergency, a sleep-deprived person tends to focus too much on one thing, often the wrong thing, and misses critical information. ...
• As a general rule, people who don’t get enough sleep think they are performing better than they actually are in all kinds of testing situations. ... Across the board, when our sleep suffers, so does our ability to learn.
• More getting by on less .
• Women seem more concerned than men about sleep deprivation — maybe because many of them sleep less. According to Serta’s 2003 Comfort U survey, “Americans Wake Up To Sleep Loss,” more women than men say they do not get enough sleep (57% to 45%), and the survey results bear this out. More women than men say they get less than six hours of sleep (31% to 26%), and more men than women get between six and eight hours of sleep (69% to 60%).
• On average, respondents in the survey said they need an hour or more of sleep each night than they actually get. ... 5 hours of sleep a night. In other words, most adult Americans are experiencing chronic sleep deprivation — and it is accumulating.
• When they don’t get enough sleep, men from Serta’s 2003 survey said they are most likely to feel “sleepy” (39%) or “less sharp” (36%) the next day. Women surveyed agreed that they too become “sleepy” (44%) and “less sharp” (26%). ...
• Sleep: food for thought.
• A 2002 study confirms that sleep loss accumulates and impacts the ability to think. In 2002, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania studied 48 young adults, curtailing the sleep of some in the study to four, six and eight hours per night for two weeks. Others in the study did not sleep for three full days. ...

• Less sleep.
• Ugh, I figured that I would be getting more sleep. ... hell, I figured atleast 30 minutes more! But, I'm actually getting less.

• Not Getting Enough Sleep Mom?.
• It seems like a never-ending cycle, but as we continue to lose precious sleep, we become less productive, cranky and our families and businesses suffer because of it. Read Linda Dessau's article to ensure you are getting enough sleep.
•   Sleep - Are you Getting Enough?.
• Other people just don't feel right with less than eight hours. People need more or less sleep at different phases in their life. Women may need more or less sleep at different phases of the month. ...
• Not getting enough sleep is one of the most direct ways that we self-sabotage our success and well-being. ...
• MY FAVOURITE SLEEP AIDS .
• Magazines or stories that distract you from your own life may help you to drift into sleep. ...
• IMAGERY - If you find that your mind is racing when you are trying to sleep, picture a viewpoint where you're traveling down a road. ...
• A NAP - If your sleep has been interrupted or there've been unavoidable late nights, an afternoon nap can help you catch up. Experts advise that naps should be taken earlier in the afternoon, rather than later, and that we should keep them to 30 minutes or less. This will avoid disrupting your sleep at night. ...
• ~ Chamomile Tea - Calms the nervous system and helps to promote restful sleep. ...
• If you suspect you have a serious sleeping problem such as sleep apnea, or if you experience insomnia or extreme fatigue, please consult a healthcare professional. ...

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