Wish you were able to sleep in more often? Not so fast. New research shows that getting more than the recommended eight-a-night could be just as harmful as getting too little. While scientists at the University College London Medical School found that getting fewer than six hours of sleep a night increased the risk of dying from heart-related diseases by 110 percent, snagging nine or more hours of shut-eye increases a person's risk of dying by the same amount--in this case from noncardiovascular causes. Not enough subjects fell into this latter category for researchers to offer explanations, so until more research rolls in, aim for that golden number of six to eight hours of sleep a night. By Meghan Rabbitt, Courtesy of Natural Solutions.
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