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Want to Get Ahead? Sleep!

Think sleep deprivation and gallons of coffee are required for becoming a high-powered, “successful” leader or executive? Think again. Research continues to point to the importance of a full night’s sleep for top productivity and career success. Now, new research even concludes that sleep literally pays off in money earned. The Wall Street Journal reported…

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How Much Sleep Do You Need? Your Genes Might Decide

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What do Leonardo da Vinci, Napoleon and Margaret Thatcher have in common? They all got by on a skimpy allotment of sleep. There’s no evidence to suggest that those three were related (what a family reunion that would be…of course it would require a time machine). But perhaps their genes had something to do with…

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Doing a Spring Detox? Don’t forget the Zzzzs!

Spring has long been considered the perfect season for cleaning out the closets, dusting under the furniture, organizing all the drawers and discarding the clutter in our lives. Spring cleaning—you may have heard of it. Well, spring cleaning doesn’t have to be limited to the housekeeping realm. Many people also take advantage of this season…

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This year at the gym–make it count

Sleep Healthy:  An occasional series on urban lifestyle choices and sleep It’s no secret that January is unofficially “Gym Month.” This is the time that regular gym members might feel a smidge of contempt when they walk into their Place of Workout to find their favorite treadmill occupied, and every other inch of the building…

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Why Sleep is Important to Your Health

The New York Times put out a noteworthy article this week about sleep. Did you know that shortchanging yourself even an hour of sleep can have significantly adverse affects on your health? As the article states, “Sleep affects almost every tissue in our bodies,” said Dr. Michael J. Twery, a sleep specialist at the National…

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