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If you’re always a little under the weather or find that you are more susceptible to illness than your peers, it may actually be because of your sleeping habits.

A new study published in Health Data Science, analysed sleep data from 88,461 adults in the UK Biobank and found significant associations between sleep traits and 172 diseases including liver cirrhosis and gangrene

Eek.

The good news is, if you prefer to sleep for longer periods of time, you’re still safe as the researchers state: “Contrary to common belief, sleeping more than 9 hours wasn’t found to be harmful when measured objectively, exposing flaws in previous research.”

The real secret to better health is when you sleep

“Our findings underscore the overlooked importance of sleep regularity,” said Prof. Shengfeng Wang, senior author........

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