Study Links Extra Sleep After Short Nights to Lower Death Risk
A new study examined whether catching up on sleep the day after a short night reduces long-term health risks. Participants who slept longer following short nights showed lower mortality over eight years compared with those who did not add extra rest.
naturalnews.comDoctors recommend at least seven hours of sleep each night. Shorter sleep has been associated with faster aging and elevated rates of heart attacks, strokes, and earlier death. A new study tracked people who extended their sleep the day after a short night.
Those individuals appeared less likely to die in the eight years after the study period than people who did not add extra rest. The findings suggest a possible way for short sleepers to offset some health effects. Researchers measured death rates rather than specific diseases or aging markers.
Further analysis would be needed to confirm whether the added sleep itself caused the difference in outcomes.
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Public health guidance on sleep compensation could be updated if results are confirmed.
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