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Article: Tips To Improve Sleep Patterns
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The Associated Press
AP Online
06-24-1999
Tips To Improve Sleep Patterns
Having trouble getting to sleep at night, or awakening too early in the morning? Experts have these tips, based, in part, on a new study:
--Maintain a regular sleep-wake cycle, even on weekends. Staying up late, with the lights burning, tends to reset the brain's sleep clock, making the body cry out for more sleep when the alarm sounds Monday morning.
--If awakened during the night, try to remain in bed, with the lights out and your eyes closed. This will help sleep return and will not affect your normal sleep-wake cycle.
--If you must get up, keep the lights as dim as possible. Bright lights tend to reset the brain's ...
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