Getting less sleep associated with lower resistance to colds

Individuals who get less than seven hours of sleep per night appear about three times as likely to develop respiratory illness following exposure to a cold virus as those who sleep eight hours or more, according to a report in the January 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news151000106.html">Getting less sleep associated with lower resistance to colds</a></p> <p>Individuals who get less than seven hours of sleep per night appear about three times as likely to develop respiratory illness following exposure to a cold virus as those who sleep eight hours or more, according to a report in the January 12 issue of <I>Archives of Internal Medicine</I>, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.</p>