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25.03.08: Internet Leads To Insomnia

Americans, spending more and more time in the global net, sleep less and less – this is the result of the investigation, carried out by US center of disease control and prevention. Every night they visit numerous sites, read news and communicate. The researchers questioned more than 19,5 thousand of adult Americans and it turned out that 10% of them did not have enough sleep every night, 38% did not sleep enough during 7 and more nights. Lack of sleep, however, leads to obesity, diabetes, hypertension, strokes, depression, rather often it is accompanid by smoking and alcohol abuse.