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...