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One in Ten Americans Are Chronically Sleep Deprived

Posted by Zonk on from the good-thing-no-one-reading-this-works-a-high-stress-job dept.

WirePosted writes "A CDC research study released this past week indicates that the physical and mental health of many Americans is being adversely affected by a lack of sleep. According to the study, a part of the organization's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, one in ten US citizens are consistently failing to get enough sleep every night. Almost 40% of the people surveyed didn't get enough sleep for more than a week every month. The article notes that this trend can have far-ranging implications for health beyond simple fatigue."

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  1. News just in: by ettlz · · Score: 5, Funny

    People not getting to bed early enough; film at 11.

  2. Re:Cue the 3AM jokes... by flajann · · Score: 4, Funny
    Well, now you can retreat to the recesses of a cave and be sure to get all the nocturnal winks one desires -- and needs.

    I defenestrated the TV long ago. These days, it's my ongoing nasty divorce situation keeping me up at night, and there is nothing much I can do about that. Defenestrating the wife is a difficult thing to do. :-)

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  3. Re:Cue the 3AM jokes... by pipatron · · Score: 4, Funny

    Defenestrating the wife is a difficult thing to do. :-)

    And something that should be done before filing for divorce, in order to not rise suspicion.

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  4. I for one by jonaskoelker · · Score: 2, Funny

    I for one welcome our... *blink* our sleep-depri... *yawn* sleep-deprived overl... *bigyawn* overlor... *snore*

  5. I work the GRAVEYARD SHIFT... by lunchlady55 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...you insensitive clod!

    1. Re:I work the GRAVEYARD SHIFT... by ultranova · · Score: 2, Funny

      Then would you mind opening my coffin ? I can't rest forever, I have to go check my e-mail.

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    2. Re:I work the GRAVEYARD SHIFT... by LordEd · · Score: 2, Funny

      Here is your email:

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  6. Great.... by Capt+James+McCarthy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now I'm going to be up all night worrying about if I get enough sleep or not.

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  7. Wow! by edwardpickman · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean some people get 6 or 7 hours of sleep a night? I guess we are turning into a country of slackers.

  8. Re:Cue the 3AM jokes... by clarkkent09 · · Score: 2, Funny

    You think you're a tough guy? I'm posting at 4am!

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  9. Re:Cue the 3AM jokes... by cybereal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh, the delicious amusement that struck me at seeing this article about sleep deprivation appear at 3:30AM (Pacific time zone, United States).
      Clearly you mean 6:30am, a perfectly valid time for new news, lest ye be disrespecting the Eastern Standard Tribe...
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  10. Coincidentally.. by Zekasu · · Score: 4, Funny

    1 in 5 Americans visit slashdot.

  11. Re:Cue the 3AM jokes... by cart_man4524 · · Score: 4, Funny

    After reading this post, me and my lady friend started talking well into the wee hours of the morning. I finally decided that she was right, that I did need more sleep. So i took out her neatly placed batteries, and deflated her. Now I can get more sleep.

  12. Re:What's enough? by tinkerton · · Score: 4, Funny

    Look what it did to her hair though.

  13. Re:Cue the 3AM jokes... by Heir+Of+The+Mess · · Score: 2, Funny

    You think you're a tough guy? I'm posting at 4am!

    I think you are doing an honorable job making sure that nobody posts anything wrong on slashdot without being immediately corrected or 1up'd

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  14. Re:More than 7 hours needed? Slashdot editors? by Thaddeaus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Third, you obviously have NO concept of what is going in here so try to keep your uninformed opinions to yourself in the future. You must be new here...
  15. Undoubtedly this affects the sex as well by oDDmON+oUT · · Score: 4, Funny

    As Americans don't even rate in the Top Ten Worldwide for frequency, according to the folks at Durex (and they should know!).

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    1. Re:Undoubtedly this affects the sex as well by fishthegeek · · Score: 4, Funny

      Dude this is /. Not getting sex has more to do with the difficulty in finding a woman willing to dress up like Lt. Ohura and yell "Take me captain" repeatedly while laying on the floor of the home-made transporter room that used to be the basement.

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  16. Re: Alarm for 7:20 by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 2, Funny


    Hehe, that would get me fired since I'm supposed to start at 7:00. But wait ! That would give me more time to sleep... but nothing to eat.

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  17. Re:Cue the 3AM jokes... by KirkH · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hans? Is that you?

  18. Help! by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 2, Funny

    *slurp* What are these? What is this "bed" you speak of? What is this "sleep" everyone here keeps talking about? *slurp* And you do this when? At night? *slurp* Shouldn't you guys be doing something productive?

    *slurp*

    Mmmmmm....coffee!

    *slurp*

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    1. Re:Help! by somersault · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, the upside is that we don't spend 7 hours everyday peeing!

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  19. teach yourself in 24 hours by nonewmsgs · · Score: 3, Funny

    but there are so many teach yourself in 24 hour books so i can learn everything but feel a little sleepy. maybe they could make the chapters longer and reduce it to teach yourself in 18 hours so i can get a little sleep.

  20. Huh? by rtobyr · · Score: 2, Funny

    Only one in ten Americans have children?

  21. Re:Cue the 3AM jokes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Please excuse the spelling mistakes, he hasn't been sleeping enough.

  22. Re:Kids and trying to catch up, keep me awake by LWATCDR · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Well, the first solution would be not to screw up your life by having kids... obviously."
    Too bad your parents didn't figure that out in time.

    Humm. Let's see having kids watching vs Death Note....
    Well in your case you have probably made the right choice.

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  23. Re:Cue the 3AM Defenestration jokes... by phillips321 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I watch the late night shows in the privacy of my home, the stuff I'm watching and want to do definitely would not be permitted on a bus! ;-)

  24. Getting OT, I know... by Skevin · · Score: 2, Funny

    From my Slashdot journal:

    Defenestrate: to throw out of a window.
    Therefore could Fenestrate be defined as putting it back in?
    Could the same rule be applied to "Defecate"? Or is "fecation" simply the act of eating, in which case, I should invite my next date to "fecate" at a fancy restaurant?

    Solomon

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