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REM and deep sleep, not just total sleep time, associated with disease risk

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 disease risks, according to a new study published Sept. 17 in the journal PLOS Medicine by Shengzhi Sun of Capital Medical University, China, and colleagues.

REM and deep sleep, not just total sleep time, associated with disease risk

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