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Article: Untreated Sleep Problems Compound Health Problems of Older Americans According to New National Sleep Foundation Poll
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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WASHINGTON, April 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- While some older adults are
very healthy and have normal sleep patterns, frequent untreated sleep
problems may be interfering with the ability of many others to cope
with chronic medical conditions, according to a poll released today
by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF).
Exploding many common myths that associate poor sleep and less
sleep with aging, the 2003 Sleep in America poll shows that older
adults typically do not sleep less than their younger counterparts,
averaging about seven hours of sleep each night. However, it also
finds that some 37 million older Americans suffer from frequent sleep
problems that if ignored, can complicate the ...