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PeteSampras_MMO t1_jasn53u wrote

Breaking research: people that are sick sleep more and skew study results with arbitrary line of 8 hours. Flip side, some illnesses make it difficult to sleep, skewing results below 6 hours. How do I get paid for my research on the topic?

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26_skinny_Cartman t1_jaul3mg wrote

This isn't about your sleeping patterns while sick. It's about your normal sleeping patterns and how frequently you get sick.

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kananmunamakkara t1_javi298 wrote

Yeah but (for example) depression is also sickness. Depressed people sleep more, and also get ill more often because of weakened immune system they tend to have. But I have never heard any evidence that it is too much sleep that causes this. Or can it be a chicken-egg problem

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TedW t1_jaw1is5 wrote

>How do I get paid for my research on the topic?

Better sleep on it and let us know.

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lynx_and_nutmeg t1_jawao5d wrote

What is it with Redditors on this sub constantly refusing to believe that maintaining basic biological functions is crucial to your health just so they can drop the bUt wHaT If iTs aCtUallY jUst a CorrElAtIoN?? and get to feel clever without having any education or understanding in scientific research?

Sleep is very important to health. Your body needs it, it literally can't survive without it for more than a few days. Sleep repairs cellular damage, regenerates your cells and regulates your hormone and neurotransmitter levels, and consolidates your memories. Not getting enough sleep wreak havoc on your whole body in myriad of ways. This isn't even a contested topic anymore, it's not up for a debate, it's a fact. Just because sick people tend to get less sleep doesn't mean it's only a correlation and not getting enough sleep doesn't also ruin your health on its own.

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