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- Weekend Sleep - helps a lot but not all effects of lack of sleep over work week
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http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2013/10/12/Catching-up-on-sleep-over-the-weekend-helps-some/UPI-44751381584573/
Conclusion: The researchers found the volunteers' sleepiness increased significantly after sleep restriction, but returned to baseline after recovery sleep. Levels of a molecule in blood that's a marker for the amount of inflammation present in the body increased significantly during sleep restriction, but returned to normal after recovery.
Levels of a hormone that's a marker of stress didn't change during sleep restriction, but were significantly lower after recovery.
However, the volunteers' measures on a performance test that assessed their ability to pay attention deteriorated significantly after sleep restriction and did not improve after recovery.
This last finding suggested recovery sleep over just a single weekend might not reverse all the effects of sleep lost during the workweek.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2013/10/12/Catching-up-on-sleep-over-the-weekend-helps-some/UPI-44751381584573/#ixzz2hYoHKBEG
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