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People know when to sleep?
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People know when to sleep?

The journal Nature published a new study showing that zebrafish sleeps like humans, thus deducing before human ancestors moved away from the marine environment, the slee…

August 2, 2019
Ideal sleep time for different ages
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Ideal sleep time for different ages

The National Sleep Research Association (NSF) and a group of 18 leading scientists have evaluated more than 300 sleep studies so far to try to offer the ideal sleep time…

December 15, 2018
20% of adults sleep less than 6 hours a day
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20% of adults sleep less than 6 hours a day

100,000 accidents per year are caused by drivers falling asleep. 40 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep disorders. Sleep quality greatly affects human health.

December 15, 2018
Lack of sleep makes children more prone to obesity
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Lack of sleep makes children more prone to obesity

A study by experts in the United States revealed, the interesting relationship between sleep time per night and body weight and the total amount of food that children co…

December 14, 2018