Medicine - Health
Tips to help stay awake even if you sleep less
Studies have shown that just spending a few nights sleeping 7 hours or less is enough to make our brains become less alert and react significantly slower.
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Medicine - Health
Full moon makes people difficult to sleep
Dr. Silvia Frey's study at the University of Basel in Switzerland and colleagues published in the journal Current Biology found that people sleep less when the moon is f…
Medicine - Health
The less you sleep, the more likely you are to be obese
As if feeling tired from sleep deprivation is not enough, scientists have just stated that not having a good night's sleep can cause obesity.
Medicine - Health
Less sleep makes children more easily overweight
When children do not get enough sleep, their weight will be more difficult to control. Recent research by American scientists on more than 2,000 children has confirmed t…
Cancer
Less sleep increases the risk of breast cancer in women
'Women who sleep less than 6 hours a day have a 60% higher risk of breast cancer than those who sleep 7 hours or more' in a study in Japan.