{
  "id": 3276610,
  "title": "How much sleep do I need? Why you can forget the eight‑hour sleep rule",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/how-much-sleep-do-i-need-why-you-can-forget-the-eight-hour-sleep-rule",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-25T14:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-eighthour.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "For decades, the answer to \"how much sleep does an adult need?\" has been simple: eight hours. The idea dates back to the mid-19th century, when the notion of eight hours of work, eight for recreation and eight for sleep first took hold.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}