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Seniors, Feel Free to Stay Up Late
A new study out this week confirms that it’s just fine for seniors to stay up late, while the rest of us need to get to bed. The study, published in the February 1 issue of the journal SLEEP, said on average its older test subjects got 20 minutes less slumber, but were just as alert as its middle aged subjects. The older subjects needed an average of 23 minutes fewer than its young adult subjects. The story was covered this week at a number of news outlets, including Medical News Today:
“Our findings reaffirm the theory that it is not normal for older people to be sleepy during the daytime,” said principal investigator Derk-Jan Dijk, PhD, professor of sleep and physiology at the University of Surrey in the U.K. “Whether you are young or old, if you are sleepy during the day you either don’t get enough sleep or you may suffer from a sleep disorder.”
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