One in Ten Americans Are Chronically Sleep Deprived

Posted by Zonk on Sunday March 2, 2008 @11:20PM 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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News just in: by ettlz · 2008-03-02 23:24 · Score: 5, Funny

People not getting to bed early enough; film at 11.
Re:More than 7 hours needed? Slashdot editors? by Thaddeaus · 2008-03-03 00:50 · 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...
Re:Cue the 3AM jokes... by KirkH · 2008-03-03 01:15 · Score: 5, Funny

Hans? Is that you?