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Too much sleep may be bad for you

BMJ 2001; 323 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0107225c (Published 01 July 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;323:0107225c
  1. Siân Knight1
  1. 1Nottingham

Excessive sleep is counterproductive, according to an article published recently in The Psychologist Magazine. Professor Jim Horne of the Sleep Research Centre in Loughborough claims that sleeping for too long not only causes deterioration in the quality of sleep, but also causes people to …

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