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World Service,16 Dec 2004,22 mins

Sleep - Are You Getting Enough?

Health Matters

Available for over a year

Sleep - why do some of us enjoy it and why some benefit from it more than others. Humans have less of a biological need for sleep than other mammals, however we do need to sleep in order to rest and re-set our brain. Quality rather than quantity is important. The programme also looks at sleep disorders such as snoring, sleep walking and insomnia.

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