Author: Brandon A. Weber / Source: Big Think
- Seven to 8 hours is recommended for adult humans, more for adolescents.
- About 1/3 of all adults are not getting at least seven hours of sleep each night.
A lack of sleep is frequently seen as something that people simply need to “power through” in order to get things done, or cope with events happening in their lives, work demands, etc.
Recent studies, however, makes it more clear: This is a public health crisis.
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It’s not just that sleep deprivation causes 17 percent of all fatal crashes for automobile drivers; sleep deprived workers are 70 percent more likely to cause on-the-job accidents, as well. (And here are 5 of the most famous industrial or on-the-job accidents caused by sleep deprivation. It’s a thing, y’all.)
A chronic lack of sleep can lead to Alzheimer’s, dementia, and other problems later in life, as well. Indeed, recent brain research shows that even a single night of sleep deprivation boosts the level of proteins that form toxic lumps…
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