Better Sleep in the Golden Years?

We’ve all caught grandma or grandpa catching some z’s after a big meal, or while watching TV, or apropos of nothing at all. Popular wisdom says that older people tend to have restless sleep and more fatigue during the day.

That may be true, but a huge survey published today in the journal Sleep finds that elderly people are more satisfied with their sleep habits than people in any other age group.

Read more at…

Smithsonian’s Surprising Science, March 2012.

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