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SLEEP TO STAY YOUNG

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Results from the world’s largest sleep study show that people who sleep on average seven to eight hours a night performed better cognitivel­y than those who sleep less, or more, than this amount. Reasoning and verbal abilities were two of the actions most strongly affected by sleep. One revelation from the Canadian researcher­s was that most participan­ts who slept four or fewer hours performed as if they were almost nine years older.

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