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Article: UC-San Diego study finds 6 hours of sleep sufficient
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- February 18, 2002
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(Michigan Daily) (U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Students who think their
studies are depriving them of enough sleep may be comforted to learn
infrequent visits to dreamland actually may add a few years to their
lives.
A study released in February at University of California-San Diego
determined those who sleep less than the conventional eight hours
each night may live longer than those who sleep more.
Based on a 1982 American Cancer Society questionnaire that asked 1.1
million participants ages 30 to 102 about their sleep patterns and
frequency of insomnia, the study found those who slept for about eight
hours per night were 12 percent more likely to die within the ...