Experts recommend a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 8 hours of sleep every night. Even though the 8-hour sleep cycle has been debated to be oversleeping in some quarters, 6 hours is the globally accepted standard. There are medical conditions that can cause a person to lose sleep involuntarily; diabetes, kidney diseases, heart failure, sleep apnea among others. But the rate of voluntary sleep deprivation among millennials is at an alarming high. According to medical research by Awake! in 2012, an estimated 6 billion hours of sleep debt is owed every night around the world; Medical researchers estimate that earth’s population is now getting, on average, an hour less sleep per night than what is needed. While this may seem slight, a nightly six-billion-hour debt has become the focus of research into both the variety of sleep-related illnesses and their impact on the quality of life Thankfully, sleep debt can be repaid. But should it even be owed at all? Speaking to US...
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