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Sleep Deprivation: The Great American Myth
Robin Lloyd
Thu Mar 23, 12:00 PM ET

People who get only 6 to 7 hours a night have a lower death rate than those who get 8 hours of sleep.

"There is really no evidence that the average 8-hour sleeper functions better than the average 6- or 7-hour sleeper," Kripke says, on the basis of his ongoing psychiatric practice with patients along with research, including the large study of a million adults (called the Cancer Prevention Study II).

And he suspects that people who sleep less than average make more money and are more successful.

The Cancer Prevention Study II even showed that people with serious insomnia or who only get 3.5 hours of sleep per night, live longer than people who get more than 7.5 hours.

I'll sleep better tonight after reading this article.