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Article: IF YOU DON'T SNOOZE, YOU LOSE LACK OF SLEEP CAN LEAD TO A HOST OF PROBLEMS, EVEN DEATH.(Lifestyle)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- July 29, 1996
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What do the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster, the 1986 space shuttle Challenger tragedy and the 1979 near meltdown of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant have in common?
All these disasters resulted in part from human errors caused by a lack of sleep, and all became major headlines.
But to understand the real toll of sleepiness, you need to look beyond the news coverage to the thousands of motor vehicle, rail and airline accidents lack of sleep causes every year, not to mention the increased risk of several serious illnesses.
``Nearly all of us need more sleep than we get,'' says Dr. William Dement, director of the Stanford Sleep Disorders ...