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The National Sleep Foundation has a page up debunking a few curious myths about sleep.

Myth: Men and women are affected the same way by insomnia.

Fact: Insomnia is nearly twice as common in women than in men, and women are more likely than men to report insomnia to their healthcare professional. A woman’s sleep is uniquely influenced by menstrual cycle, biological life stage, stress level, health, mood, parental status, work hours and other life responsibilities.

Source: The National Sleep Foundation

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Calcified arteries were found in nearly a third of people who slept fewer than five hours a night.
This dropped to around one in 10 for those who slept an extra hour, the Journal of the American Medical Association study of 495 adults found.

[From BBC News]

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Polyphasic Sleeping

“Polyphasic sleep is a sleep pattern specification intended to reduce sleep time to 5 hours daily. This is achieved by spreading out sleep into short naps of around 45 minutes throughout the day. This is supposed to allow for more waking hours with relatively high alertness.” [read more]

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Lack of Sleep and the Effects on Humans

“Lack of sleep is like alcohol… If we stay awake for 17 consecutive hours it has the same effects on the human brain as a blood alcohol level of 0.05% (two glasses of wine). ” [read more]

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Fear of Going To Bed

“If a person has a fear of going to bed, then he or she has clinophobia.” [http://www.medterms.com]

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Dirty Pillows

“In the average bed pillow over two years old, approximately ten percent of its weight can be comprised of dead dust mites and droppings.” [http://www.micro.msb.le.ac.uk/video/mite.html]

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Sleep and Mortality

“Men and women who sleep 6 hours or less per 24 hour period or 8 hours and more per 8 hour period are at an increased risk for mortality. 7 hours per 24 hour period was the best solution to decreasing mortality hazards.” [source]

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How Long Do Cats Sleep?

Domestic cats sleep an average of 13 to 14 hours a day with some cats sleeping as many as 20 hours a day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat

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