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Naps can make up for sleep loss

When it comes to sleep, eight hours is great, but 40 winks isn't so bad, either.

The Harvard Health Letter, in a new analysis of a 2011 Weill Cornell Medical College sleep study, says a daily nap can help older people make up for the reduction in sleep that often accompanies aging.

The Cornell study concluded that contrary to conventional wisdom, a nap doesn't adversely affect a person's...

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