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Article: Health: Importance of getting enough ZZZzzzzzzzzz; Ed Carty and Rebecca Danton report on the latest sleeping patterns survey and discover that lack of quality time in the land of nod can have serious side effects It's a matter of quality not quantity. Six hours of quality sleep is better than ten hours, but most people in the UK seem quite satisfied with seven or seven and a half hours Prof Jim Horne, director of the Sleep Research Centre.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- January 10, 2004
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Byline: Ed Carty and Rebecca Danton
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