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Health 18 September 2020 By Jessica Hamzelou Sleep is important whatever your ageCavan Images/Getty Images Why do we sleep? The answer may depend on the person’s age, according to research that suggests the main role of sleep changes at the age of around two-and-a-half. Newborn babies spend a lot of time sleeping, and this gradually…

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), insufficient sleep increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and obesity.Sleep is essential for the physical upkeep of the body, but it also helps maintain cognitive skills, such as attention, learning, memory, and emotional regulation.Getting a good night’s rest even underpins our ability to perceive the…

sleep deprivation is associated with worse mental and physical health.The National Sleep Foundation in the United States recommend that teenagers get 8–10 hours of sleep a night and that adults under 65 years of age get 7–9 hours.However, almost one-third of adults who responded to the 2012 National Health Interview Survey reported that they slept…

You have to eat and you have to sleep, so why not make those two activities work together?A recent survey revealed that many Americans believed they weren’t getting enough deep sleep, leading them to feel tired more often. This lack of quality sleep reportedly affected the participants’ moods, health and even their marriages. If you're…

By Alice Klein We’re not spending as much time in the office as we usually doEzra Bailey/Getty Images When office employees return to work, they may find that buildings with increased natural light help them to work better during the day and sleep better at night. We know that sunlight exposure is important for regulating…