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Research shows that lack of sleep can often be associated with dementia, weakened immunity, and other compromises to your health. With about one-third of Americans experiencing chronic sleep deprivation, everyone is looking for tips to get better sleep.
, medical director of 嘿嘿视频鈥檚 , spoke with CBS News about tips for better sleep and starts by emphasizing the importance of both quantity and quality, which are very much related. 鈥淭he same way quality of sleep is important, some people may need 9, 10 hours because they're compensating for the lack of quality at night,鈥 Dr. Rodriguez says. 鈥淎s we get older, we have the tendency to nap more. Naturally, sleep gets lighter, so we don't get that deeper sleep like we used to have as we were younger.鈥
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