More REM sleep linked to lower risk of 83 diseases

Greater amounts of REM and deep sleep were associated with lower risks of dozens of diseases, and less than 5 hours of total sleep was associated with high risks of disease, according to a new study published September 17^th in the open access journal PLOS Medicine by Shengzhi Sun of Capital Medical University, China, and colleagues.

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