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Less sleep leads to mental declines over time

Posted: Jul 17th 2007 8:29PM by Brian White
Filed under: Emotional Health

Do you get enough sleep each night? From the people I speak with regularly, the average is about six hours. Wow -- that's inadequate by a long shot for almost everyone. Eight hours should be a goal, although with a job and kids and social commitments and everything else, that is very hard to come by.

But, a new study purports to link lack of sleep (specifically, in women) with mental declines, so be sure and research how much sleep you need or else you may suffer from memory loss, attention problems, and other mental skills setbacks.

Can you get that eight hours tonight? Try going to bed earlier and setting new guidelines for your household so that everyone gets more sleep.

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