9 New Lessons We've Learned About Sleep And Health

Today kicks off National Sleep Awareness Week, the annual campaign by the National Sleep Foundation that runs from March 5 to 11 to remind people about the importance and value of sleep.

Multiple studies have shown that not getting enough sleep each night is linked with poor mental performance, a bad mood, and even an increased risk of health conditions like heart disease and high blood pressure, according to the National Institutes of Health.

For most adults, seven to eight hours is the prime amount of sleep to get a night, while kids and newborns require even more sleep. As the NIH puts it, "how well rested you are and how well you function the next day depend on your total sleep time and how much of the various stages of sleep you get each night."

For the latest and greatest in sleep, check out our round-up of the top sleep findings that have come out in the last few months.

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11:45 AM on 03/07/2012

Take walks during the day, on treadmill or whatever. Drink water - at least half your body weight daily , 100lbs = 50 oz of water daily. Turn off the tv and lights. Pray to God for forgiveness for the day - nobody is sinless (1John1:9) and be thankful. Cast your cares on Him (Psalm 55:22) and loll off to sleep. Instead of counting sheep, memorize Scriptures, start with Psalm 100 - easy to learn. Will take a while for your sleep to become rhythmic. But it will.

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[perigordnoir]

02:41 PM on 03/06/2012

Wasn't there a recent article saying that the sleep recommended for children is based on no evidence at all? http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/129/3/548

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06:33 AM on 03/06/2012

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[Terri Skau]

03:00 AM on 03/06/2012

I know my poor sleeping has contributed to my heart problems I'm facing..I've suffered with a sleeping disorder for 28 yrs. But stress too and some of the foods I used to eat in my past also did as well. But my sleeping has always been on the top of my list. I've been to a sleep clinic where they have monitored me. I will not take meds because of the buffers they use and I do like my liver and kidneys thank you. ;-)

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[AmandaRussell]

04:28 PM on 03/05/2012

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[Sonja Dawn]

03:05 PM on 03/05/2012

I was born a bad sleeper, as a baby my mother couldn't get me to sleep to save herself and I haven't changed...

[spitfiredd]

12:12 PM on 03/05/2012

If we boost our learning capacity as we sleep and if we sleep better with age; can you conclude that our learning capacity gets better with age?

[Earn Instead of Take]

11:41 AM on 03/05/2012

These aren't new lessons. It's common sense. You get good, consistent sleep and your health benefits from it. There. I just summed up the whole damn article in five seconds. These HuffPo writers really need to find something original to report on.