A good night's sleep can help keep you alive
As men age, they need their sleep if they want to live long. That's according to a health study from the University of Minnesota. Disrupted sleep somehow manages to kill off even men who are in apparently good health.
Beginning in 2003, researchers followed about 3,000 healthy men age 67 and older. By January 2008, 180 of the men were dead. The men with poor sleep patterns were the most likely to die.
“Waking early, staying up late, and severely disturbed sleep patterns may have a detrimental impact on health in older men, especially since this group was generally in good health,” Misti Paudel, who led the study, told the Ottawa Citizen. “A good night's sleep is important.”
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