A study of 95,000 people wearing sleep sensors found that REM sleep protects against 83 diseases and deep sleep protects against 7 more. Outside specific sleep windows, those protections disappear.
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A study of 95,000 people wearing sleep sensors found that REM sleep protects against 83 diseases and deep sleep protects against 7 more. Outside specific sleep windows, those protections disappear.

Public health messaging about sleep has settled on a simple message: get seven to nine hours. The advice is backed by substantial evidence. It is also incomplete. A new study…

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New research finds that brief financial stress from delayed paychecks significantly increases intimate partner violence. The finding suggests domestic violence has an economic dimension that affects far more households than previously understood.

New research finds that brief financial stress from delayed paychecks significantly increases intimate partner violence. The finding suggests domestic violence has an economic dimension that affects far more households than previously understood.

The dominant framework for understanding domestic violence focuses on factors that are deep, persistent, and structural. Abuser psychology, histories of trauma, patterns of control that develop over months or years,…

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