
7 hours may be the ideal amount of sleep starting in middle age
CNN
Seven hours of sleep is ideal for older adults and the middle-aged, with too little or too much sleep associated with a reduced ability to pay attention, remember and learn new things, solve problems and make decisions, according to new research.
New research has found that around seven hours pf sleep is the ideal night's rest, with insufficient and excessive sleep associated with a reduced ability to pay attention, remember and learn new things, solve problems and make decisions.

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