A new peer-reviewed study examined 8,000 people over 50 during the course of 25 years and saw that poor sleep spiked likelihood of chronic diseases.
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People over 50 years old who sleep five hours or less a night might be at higher risk of developing multiple chronic diseases, according to a new study released Oct. 18. , examined 8,000 civil servants in the United Kingdom who had no chronic disease at age 50 over the course of 25 years. During that time span, scientists of the study asked all the participants to report how much sleep they got every four to five years for tracking.
According to results from the study, those who slept five hours or less faced a 30% higher risk for chronic illnesses than those who got at least seven hours of sleep. By age 70, that likelihood for people sleeping less than five hours bumped up to a 40% greater risk. "As people get older, their sleep habits and sleep structure change," said Severine Sabia, the lead author of the study and a researcher at the University College London's Institute of Epidemiology and Health, in