English and Italian researchers investigating the relationship between duration of sleep and mortality from all causes, have performed a systematic review of 16 relevant studies. The studies looked at a total of 1.4 million people, following them up for between 4 and 25 years.
It emerged that people who generally slept for less than six hours per night, were 12% more likely to die prematurely, than those who consistently managed six to eight hours. Longer sleep durations (exceeding nine hours) were associated with a 30% greater risk of death.
(Sleep Duration and All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies. Sleep Journal May 2010.)
Author: Robin Costello
I offer traditional Chinese acupuncture in Exeter, from a tranquil clinic a mile from the city centre, and next to the University of Exeter. I graduated originally from the London School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine’s 3 year full time Acupuncture Diploma (DipAc) course. I am on the practitioners register of the British Acupuncture Council (MBAcC), a regulatory and professional body with an entry standard of a full three year undergraduate degree level training.
I have worked in a hospital in south west China, deepening my knowledge and using acupuncture and Chinese massage (tuina) as the treatment of choice in its country of origin. I have taught Chinese medicine in colleges, the NHS and at university level. I also practise Qi Gong, and Chinese dietary therapy, that is the medicinal use of ordinary foods, chosen to help achieve particular therapeutic effects in different individuals.
View all posts by Robin Costello
