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Could a lie-in PUT YOUR HEALTH AT RISK?

When it comes to sleep, most of us know the dangers of getting too little, but what if we’re actually getting too much?

According to researchers at Keele University in England, there is such a thing as getting too much shut-eye.

Results from their study, which involved a whopping three million people, found that those of us who sleep for 10 hours a day are at a greater risk – up t0 30%, in fact – of early death. So perhaps it’s time to say night-night to the lie-in...

HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?

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