Lots of posts today...
I didn't have time to read all of the various messages, but somewhere I saw your post on the worthless ENE hearings.
What a total waste of time IMO, and annoying...and doesn't seem to serve any constructive purpose!
I heard the news of this study today....and since you've stated you don't always get a lot of sleep...you should live a very long, healthy life. It states that we really don't need 8 hours of sleep every night!
"Experts challenge study linking sleep, life span
February 14, 2002 Posted: 3:47 PM EST (2047 GMT)
By Rhonda Rowland
CNN Medical Unit
SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- Eight hours of nightly sleep is not the health panacea you were brought up to believe, according to a study released Thursday suggesting a link between too much slumber and a shorter life span. ....
The study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, included 1.1 million men and women and found the highest survival rate among those who sleep six to seven hours a night. The survival rate declines progressively among those who sleep eight hours or longer.
"Our study shows the average sleep for Americans of seven hours per night is safest," said Dr. Daniel Kripke, who led the study. Kripke is a professor of psychiatry who specializes in sleep research at the Univ. of California, San Diego. "You don't have to sleep eight hours per night; it's safe to sleep five, six or seven hours."
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