How Much Sleep Is Too Much Sleep?
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The Greek Hippocrates, for more than 24 centuries, already tried to wake us up to the following: "Sleep and vigil, when one or another exceeds the measure, are bad." Neurologist Rosana Cardoso Alves, specialist in sleep medicine and coordinator of
According to research, getting too much sleep at night may be associated with a higher risk of mortality, as well as cardiovascular and neurological diseases.
How much sleep is too much sleep?
A recent study found that regularly sleeping too little or too much is associated with faster aging. The lead researcher Junhao Wen tells NPR more. Dr. Saema Tahir, a medical doctor and sleep specialist not affiliated with the study, offers suggestions for better sleep habits.
Sleeping too much may carry health risks, researchers warn
Sleep is an important part of maintaining good health, but researchers say the amount of time a person spends asleep may also matter. A long-term study involving more than 3,000 participants has found that people who typically slept between seven and eight hours per night recorded the lowest rate of death during the research period. […]
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