Study Links Too Little Sleep—and Too Much—With Faster Aging
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A sleep-time ‘sweet spot’ is linked to healthy aging, study finds
Too little sleep can be harmful for health in the long run, but a sweeping study suggests that too much sleep also may not be ideal: It's associated with accelerated aging in nearly every organ in the body.
Study Links Too Little Sleep—and Too Much—With Faster Aging
Routinely sleeping beyond eight hours a night could signal an underlying condition.Credit: Olga Rolenko / Getty ImagesNew research suggests that both too little and too much sleep may be linked to accelerated biological aging.However, biological aging was lowest among people who slept within an optimal range.Regularly sleeping more than eight hours a night could suggest an underlying health condition.When it comes to sleep, more isn’t always bet…
Sleep scientists just calculated how much shut-eye you really need as you age—and it’s not 8 hours
One of the most important things for your health is something most people don’t get enough of—sleep. And while doctors have traditionally equated getting eight hours with a good night’s rest, new research suggests something different. A new sleep study, published in the journal Nature on May 13, finds for those in middle age and older, the “sweet spot” is somewhere between 6.4 and 7.8 hours. “Our study . . . shows that too little and too much sl…
New research shows that both too much and too little sleep are linked to earlier aging of the body
A study published in Nature reveals that sleeping too little or too long could speed up the aging of almost all our organs. led by Junhao Wen of Columbia University,...
How many hours of sleep do you actually need? A new study by scientists suggests that the answer may not be the classic eight hours we used to believe. In addition, the ug…
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