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Lead Stories: Saturday, September 6, 2008

If You Don’t Snooze, You Lose: The Importance of Sleep

Posted November 29th, 2007 at 5:00 PM by Lisa Cieplechowicz

Section: Health & Fitness

Sleep - it’s one of our nation’s favorite pastimes. Sometimes nothing feels better than throwing a blanket over yourself, burying your face in your pillow, and settling down for a nice, long slumber. But as enjoyable as this nocturnal activity is, millions of Americans are seriously missing out on the fun.

Over 60 million individuals in our society suffer from some type of sleeping disorder, and more than half of these people are men. Unfortunately, lack of sleep can have a myriad of consequences on our minds and bodies.

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