Less dream-stage REM sleep linked to higher risk of death, study says

By Sandee LaMotte

Updated 1500 GMT (2300 HKT) July 6, 2020

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.
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Many of us turn to sleeping pills or other medication aids. But a <a href="http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2301405" target="_blank">study </a>says popping pills may not be the most effective way to get some quality Zzzzz's and avoid the addictive downside of many medications.
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