Five hours' sleep is tipping point for bad health

Five hours' sleep is tipping point for bad health At least five hours sleep a night may cut the over-50s' chances of multiple chronic health problems, researchers say.

Ill health can disrupt sleep - but poor sleep may also be a forewarning or a risk itself, they say.

There is evidence sleep helps restore, rest and rejuvenate the body and mind - but why the "golden slumber number" might matter remains unclear. BBC News

See also:

• Association of sleep duration at age 50, 60, and 70 years with risk of multimorbidity in the UK: 25-year follow-up of the Whitehall II cohort study (open access) PLOS Medicine
• Five hours’ sleep is tipping point for poor health, study suggests The Independent