According to a report that was published last week, about fifty million Americans, or sixteen percent of the population, had sleep disorders. It added that many more were suffering from lack of sleep. A group of sleep research organizations asked the Institute of Medicine to study the problem. The institute is part of America's National Academy of Sciences. A committee of fourteen members carried out the study. Professor Harvey Colten of Columbia University in New York City led the study. He asserts that sleep disorders are not taken seriously enough by the general public or the medical community. The committee examined why we need sleep and the effects of sleep and other sleep disorders. The report said that American businesses lost more than one hundred billion dollars a year because of tired workers. Some employees, the report continued, were too tired to work properly; as a result, they had accidents or were less productive at work. It is also stated in the study that twenty percent of all serious car accident injuries were connected to sleepy drivers. Many experts say that a good amount of sleep is as important to health as diet and exercise. They say that most people normally need seven to nine hours of sleep each night. The exact amount of sleep that is required by the body is different for each individual, but less than that amount can negatively affect one's mental and physical abilities. But in terms of one's mental and physical abilities less than normal amount can have negative effects.

According to a report that was published last week, about fifty million Americans, or sixteen percent of the population, had sleep disorders. It added that many more were suffering from lack of sleep. A group of sleep research organizations asked the Institute of Medicine to study the problem. The institute is part of America's National Academy of Sciences. A committee of fourteen members carried out the study. Professor Harvey Colten of Columbia University in New York City led the study. He asserts that sleep disorders are not taken seriously enough by the general public or the medical community. The committee examined why we need sleep and the effects of sleep and other sleep disorders. The report said that American businesses lost more than one hundred billion dollars a year because of tired workers. Some employees, the report continued, were too tired to work properly; as a result, they had accidents or were less productive at work. It is also stated in the study that twenty percent of all serious car accident injuries were connected to sleepy drivers. Many experts say that a good amount of sleep is as important to health as diet and exercise. They say that most people normally need seven to nine hours of sleep each night. The exact amount of sleep that is required by the body is different for each individual, but less than that amount can negatively affect one's mental and physical abilities. But in terms of one's mental and physical abilities less than normal amount can have negative effects.

According to a report that was published last week, about fifty million Americans, or sixteen percent of the population, had sleep disorders. It added that many more were suffering from lack of sleep. A group of sleep research organizations asked the Institute of Medicine to study the problem. The institute is part of America's National Academy of Sciences. A committee of fourteen members carried out the study. Professor Harvey Colten of Columbia University in New York City led the study. He asserts that sleep disorders are not taken seriously enough by the general public or the medical community. The committee examined why we need sleep and the effects of sleep and other sleep disorders. The report said that American businesses lost more than one hundred billion dollars a year because of tired workers. Some employees, the report continued, were too tired to work properly; as a result, they had accidents or were less productive at work. It is also stated in the study that twenty percent of all serious car accident injuries were connected to sleepy drivers. Many experts say that a good amount of sleep is as important to health as diet and exercise. They say that most people normally need seven to nine hours of sleep each night. The exact amount of sleep that is required by the body is different for each individual, but less than that amount can negatively affect one's mental and physical abilities. But in terms of one's mental and physical abilities less than normal amount can have negative effects.

According to a report that was published last week, about fifty million Americans, or sixteen percent of the population, had sleep disorders. It added that many more were suffering from lack of sleep. A group of sleep research organizations asked the Institute of Medicine to study the problem. The institute is part of America's National Academy of Sciences. A committee of fourteen members carried out the study. Professor Harvey Colten of Columbia University in New York City led the study. He asserts that sleep disorders are not taken seriously enough by the general public or the medical community. The committee examined why we need sleep and the effects of sleep and other sleep disorders. The report said that American businesses lost more than one hundred billion dollars a year because of tired workers. Some employees, the report continued, were too tired to work properly; as a result, they had accidents or were less productive at work. It is also stated in the study that twenty percent of all serious car accident injuries were connected to sleepy drivers. Many experts say that a good amount of sleep is as important to health as diet and exercise. They say that most people normally need seven to nine hours of sleep each night. The exact amount of sleep that is required by the body is different for each individual, but less than that amount can negatively affect one's mental and physical abilities. But in terms of one's mental and physical abilities less than normal amount can have negative effects.

According to a report that was published last week, about fifty million Americans, or sixteen percent of the population, had sleep disorders. It added that many more were suffering from lack of sleep. A group of sleep research organizations asked the Institute of Medicine to study the problem. The institute is part of America's National Academy of Sciences. A committee of fourteen members carried out the study. Professor Harvey Colten of Columbia University in New York City led the study. He asserts that sleep disorders are not taken seriously enough by the general public or the medical community. The committee examined why we need sleep and the effects of sleep and other sleep disorders. The report said that American businesses lost more than one hundred billion dollars a year because of tired workers. Some employees, the report continued, were too tired to work properly; as a result, they had accidents or were less productive at work. It is also stated in the study that twenty percent of all serious car accident injuries were connected to sleepy drivers. Many experts say that a good amount of sleep is as important to health as diet and exercise. They say that most people normally need seven to nine hours of sleep each night. The exact amount of sleep that is required by the body is different for each individual, but less than that amount can negatively affect one's mental and physical abilities. But in terms of one's mental and physical abilities less than normal amount can have negative effects.