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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN

Updated 1052 GMT (1852 HKT) May 9, 2020

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Do you toss and turn at night, yearning for a good night's sleep? According to the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/index.html" target="_blank">US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,</a> one third of American adults have a sleep disorder that can affect their lives in serious ways.
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Sleep loss widespread – Do you toss and turn at night, yearning for a good night's sleep? According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one third of American adults have a sleep disorder that can affect their lives in serious ways.
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Chronic diseases such as diabetes, depression, high blood pressure, cancer and obesity and many more are linked to <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/sleep/index.html" target="_blank">poor sleep</a>.
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Sleep and disease – Chronic diseases such as diabetes, depression, high blood pressure, cancer and obesity and many more are linked to poor sleep.
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Car accidents, industrial disasters, occupational and medical errors as well as reduced quality of life and productivity are also linked to sleep deprivation.
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Sleep deprivation costs society – Car accidents, industrial disasters, occupational and medical errors as well as reduced quality of life and productivity are also linked to sleep deprivation.
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It's so bad that the CDC has pegged insufficient sleep as an American <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/data_statistics.html" target="_blank">public health epidemic.</a>
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Public health epidemic – It's so bad that the CDC has pegged insufficient sleep as an American public health epidemic.