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Article: Seniors' sleep problems linked to chronic medical conditions
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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While some older adults are very healthy and have normal sleep
patterns, frequent untreated sleep problems may interfere with the
ability of many others to cope with chronic medical conditions,
according to a poll to be released today by the National Sleep
Foundation.
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