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PADemD

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Sun Dec 7, 2014, 04:00 PM Dec 2014

These Simple Steps Can Increase The Quality Of Your Sleep [View all]

The next time you tell yourself that you'll sleep when you're dead, realize that you're making a decision that can make that day come much sooner.

Pushing late into the night is a health and productivity killer.

According to the Division of Sleep Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, the short-term productivity gains from skipping sleep to work are quickly washed away by the detrimental effects of sleep deprivation on your mood, ability to focus, and access to higher-level brain functions for days to come.

The negative effects of sleep deprivation are so great that people who are drunk outperform those lacking sleep.

http://www.businessinsider.com/increase-the-quality-of-your-sleep-2014-12

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